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A beam of light consisting of red,green and blue colours is incident on a right angled prism.The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red,green and blue wavelengths are 1.39,1.44 and 1.47,respectively. The prism will:

A

separate the red colour part from the green and blue colours

B

separate the blue colour part from the red and green colours

C

separate all the three colours from one another

D

not separate the three colours at all

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