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A ray of light incident on the surface of a glass prism is observed to behave as represented in the diagram in Fig. 6
Explain this observation.

Answer Text:
- White light consist of several colours, each with different wavelength. Every colour therefore travels with different velocity in glass, so each
colour is deviated differently causing dispersion.