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When white light is refracted by a prism, which color of light is bent the least?
red
yellow
green
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Red.
In ordinary glass (normal dispersion) refractive index decreases with increasing wavelength, so longer-wavelength red light is bent (deviated) the least by the prism.
In ordinary glass (normal dispersion) refractive index decreases with increasing wavelength, so longer-wavelength red light is bent (deviated) the least by the prism.
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