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A rainbow ordinarily show a range of col...

A rainbow ordinarily show a range of colours. But if the water droplets that from the rainbow are small enough, the rainbow will appear white. Explain why, using diffraction ideas. How small do you think the raindrops would have to be for this to occur?

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