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When white light passes through prism, which colour of light will experience minimum deviation ?

A

red

B

violet

C

blue

D

green

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The correct Answer is:
A, D
Deviation`prop(1)/("Wavelength")` and `lambda_R gt lambda` are remaining colours
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