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Light is refracted in water because water is much denser than air. The route the light takes is a compromise between the shortest amount of time in the denser medium, and the shortest route.

I drew a diagram to demonstrate:

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This seems to make it the most likely route that the light particles will take.

There are other things to take into account, like the wave like qualities of light. But doesn't the picture look pretty?

I knew that
 
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