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Light refracts when it travels from 1 medium to another.if it travels from denser to rarer medium,it bends away from the normal ,which is the perpendicular drawn at a point on the interface of both the surfaces where the light is incident.else it travels towards the normal.air can be considered to be a rarer medium as compared to water.

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When light refracts, it bends as it passes from one medium to another, due to a change in its speed. This bending of light causes it to change direction, which is why objects appear shifted when viewed through a transparent material.

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It makes an object look like it is seperated.

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