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The sun light reaches us as white and no...

The sun light reaches us as white and not as its components because

A

air medium is dispersive

B

air medium is non dispersive

C

air medium scatter the sunlight

D

spped of light depends on wavelength in vaccum

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The sun light reaches us as white light and not as its components because air medium is non-dispersive.
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