Question: In placing a sample on a microscope slide, a glass cover is placed over a water drop on the glass slide. Light incident from above

In placing a sample on a microscope slide, a glass cover is placed over a water drop on the glass slide. Light incident from above can reflect from the top and bottom of the glass cover and from the glass slide below the water drop. At which surfaces will there be a phase change in the reflected light?

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