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An unpolarized light beam travelling in air is incident on a medium of refractive index 1.73
at Brewster's angle. Then-
A
reflected light is completely polarized and the angle of reflection is close to 
B
reflected light is partially polarized and the angle of reflection is close to 
C
both reflected and transmitted light are perfectly polarized with angles of reflection and refraction close to 
and 
, respectively
and , respectively D
transmitted light is completely polarized with angle of refraction close to 
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When unpolarized light is incident on a medium of refractive index 1.73 at Brewster's angle then reflected light is completely polarized.
Using Brewster's Law
By Law of reflection,
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