A beam of light propagating in glass

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A beam of light propagating in glass (n=1.52) is incident on an interface with an unknown material. When the incident angle is exactly 62° the all of the light is reflected at this interface, but for smaller angles some light is transmitted. What is the index of refraction of the unknown material?

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