Why exactly do light rays bend towards the normal as it travels from an optically rarer to denser medium, and similarly, why do they bend away from the normal as they move from optically denser to a rarer medium? I know its something to do with the change in speed of the light wave due to a change in wavelength, but I just can't seem to understand at all as to why the light rays bend in the direction which they do.
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