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Dispersion of light is caused due to...

Dispersion of light is caused due to

A

a) Wavelength

B

b) intensity of light

C

c) density of medium

D

d) none of these

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Dispersion is due to the dependence of the speed of a wave on its wavelenght in any medium.
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