If a ray of light in a denser medium strikes a rarer medium at an angle of incidence $i$,the angles of reflection and refraction are $r$ and $r^{\prime}$ respectively. If the reflected and refracted rays are at right angles to each other,the critical angle for the given pair of media is

  • A
    $\sin ^{-1}(\tan r^{\prime})$
  • B
    $\tan ^{-1}(\sin i)$
  • C
    $\sin ^{-1}(\tan r)$
  • D
    $\cot ^{-1}(\tan i)$

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