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State reason of bending of the refracted ray away from the normal. 

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The refractive index of a medium is the ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in that medium. The bending of light depends on the relative speed in different media.
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The bending of the refracted ray away from the normal is due to the difference in the speed of light in the two media. Light travels faster in Medium 1, and when it enters Medium 2, where the speed of light is slower, the ray bends away from the normal as per Snell's Law.

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