Answer:
Away from the normal
Explanation:
The direction toward which the ray of light bend can be found by using Snell's law:
[tex]n_1 sin \theta_1 = n_2 sin \theta_2[/tex]
where
n1, n2 are the index of refraction of the first and second medium
[tex]\theta_1, \theta_2[/tex] are the angle of the incident and refracted ray with respect to the normal to the surface
Here, the ray of light moves from a material with high index of refraction to a material with lower index, therfore we have
[tex]n_1 > n_2[/tex]
Re-arranging Snell's equation we get
[tex]sin \theta_2 = \frac{n_1}{n_2} sin \theta_1[/tex]
and since
[tex]\frac{n_1}{n_2}>1[/tex]
we find
[tex]sin \theta_2 > sin \theta_1\\\theta_2 > \theta_1[/tex]
which means that the ray of light bends away from the normal.
