Statement I: If 
, refracted ray bends towards the normal and when 
, refracted ray bends away from the normal.
Statement II: 
, angle i is in medium 1 and angle r is in medium 2.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
If 
, i.e. the refracted ray bends towards the normal. In such a case medium 2 is said to be optically denser (or denser, in short) than medium 1.
On the other hand, if 
, the refracted ray bends away from the normal. This is the case when incident ray in a denser medium refracts into a rarer medium.
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