A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water (refractive index 4/3). A light beam incident normally on the face
is totally reflected to reach on the face
if

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The phenomenon of total internal reflection takes place during reflection at
.

When
is the angle of incidence at 

Now, 
Putting in (i), 
should be greater than or equal to 
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