Consider an optic fiber that a cladding (outer layer) filled with a material that has an index of refraction n=1.15. If the light signal's minimum possible angle of incidence is 71 degrees, find the minimum index of refraction the core wire must have so no light is refracted outwards.

Consider an optic fiber that a cladding (outer layer) filled with a material that has an index of refraction n=1.15. If the light signal's minimum possible angle of incidence is 71 degrees, find the minimum index of refraction the core wire must have so no light is refracted outwards.

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