Light enters an isosceles right triangular prism at normal incidence through face $AB$ and undergoes total internal reflection at face $BC$ as shown below. The minimum value of the refractive index of the prism is close to

  • A
    $1.10$
  • B
    $1.55$
  • C
    $1.42$
  • D
    $1.72$

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