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Textbook Solutions for Conceptual Physics

Chapter P6 Problem 14MCP

Question

Choose the BEST answer to each of the following:

When white light passes through a prism, the light that bends more than green is

(a) red.

(b) yellow.

(c) blue.

(d) None of these.

Solution

Step 1 of 3

The white light is formed by seven visible colors called VIBGYOR.

Dispersion of light is the phenomenon of splitting a beam of white light into its constituent colors when passing through a prism.

The band of seven colors obtained is called the visible spectrum.

Dispersion of white light occurs because the colors of white light travel at different speeds through the glass prism.

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Title Conceptual Physics 12 
Author Paul G. Hewitt
ISBN 9780321909107

Choose the BEST answer to the following:When white light

Chapter P6 textbook questions

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