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A light beam travels through a medium where the refractive index n(y)n(y)n(y) varies with height yyy. According to Fermat's Principle, the light path minimizes ∫n(y)ds\int n(y) ds∫n(y)ds. For a medium where n(y)=yn(y) = yn(y)=y, what shape does the path take?