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Does the index of refraction equal the angle of refraction?

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Not exactly, the angle of refraction = the angle of incidence, which means the ratio of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is constant for two media.
That is sin i /sin r = constant , and this constant is called refractive index

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