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The diagram below shows the path taken by a narrow beam of yellow monochromatic light passing through an equiangular glass prism. If the yellow light is replaced by a narrow beam of white light incident at the same angle, draw another diagram to show the passage of white light through the prism and label it to show the effect of prism on the white light.

The path taken by a narrow beam of yellow monochromatic light travelling through an equiangular glass prism is shown in the figure. If the yellow light is replaced by white light with the same angle of incidence, show the path of white light through the prism using a neat, labelled diagram.

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In this diagram, the angle of prism, angle of incidence, angle of emergence and angle of deviation, respectively, have been represented by:
(A) O, Y, Z and N,
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- at X, and
- at Y.
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In the spectrum of white light by a prism, the colour at the extreme end opposite to the base of prism is ______.
In the following diagram, the correctly marked angles are
(A) All
(B) Only ∠i and ∠A
(C) ∠i, ∠r and ∠A
(D) ∠i, ∠A and ∠D
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The completed ray diagram is as shown below:

Write the range of wavelength of the visible spectrum.
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Try to make your own rainbow. You can try this project in the morning or in the evening. Stand with your back towards the Sun. Take a hosepipe or a water pipe used in the garden. Make a fine spray in front of you. You can see different colours of rainbow in the spray.
