A block of acrylic has a wedge-shaped cavity filled with air, where the opening angle θ is 38°. If a light ray travelling straight up is incident from the cavity into the block as shown in the figure, what angle does the refracted light ray make with the indicated normal? Enter -1 if the light ray does not exit the cavity at the indiciated point because of total internal reflection.

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A block of acrylic has a wedge-shaped cavity filled with air, where the opening angle θ is 38°. If a light ray travelling straight up is incident from the cavity into the block as shown in the figure, what angle does the refracted light ray make with the indicated normal? Enter -1 if the light ray does not exit the cavity at the indiciated point because of total internal reflection.

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