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Which lists the correct steps that occur when using a diffraction grating to bend light?

diffracted wavelengths reach the eyes → different wavelengths of light bend at different angles → the eyes see different colors → light strikes the grooves
different wavelengths of light bend at different angles → light strikes the grooves → diffracted wavelengths reach the eyes → the eyes see different colors
diffracted wavelengths reach the eyes → the eyes see different colors → light strikes the grooves → different wavelengths of light bend at different angles
light strikes the grooves → different wavelengths of light bend at different angles → diffracted wavelengths reach the eyes → the eyes see different colors

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Correct choice:
light strikes the grooves → different wavelengths of light bend at different angles → diffracted wavelengths reach the eyes → the eyes see different colors.

Explanation: the grating grooves diffract (interfere) the incoming light, the grating equation (d sinθ = mλ) makes different λ leave at different angles, those separated beams reach your eyes, and you perceive them as different colors.