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The ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to that in a medium is called

  • A.luminous intensity
  • B.luminous flux
  • C.magnification factor
  • D.refractive index of the medium
  • E.transparency index

Answer: D

The ratio is the refractive index of the medium.

The absolute refractive index is defined as \(n = \frac{c}{v}\), the speed of light in vacuum divided by its speed in the medium. Since light is slowest in dense media, \(n\) is greater than 1 for them.

Luminous intensity and luminous flux are photometric measures of light output, magnification is a property of images, and 'transparency index' is not a standard term.

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