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25.5 Exercise 4

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) A narrow beam of light containing yellow (580 nm) and green (550 nm) wavelengths goes from polystyrene to air, striking the surface at a 30.0º\text{30} . 0º incident angle. What is the angle between the colors when they emerge? (b) How far would they have to travel to be separated by 1.00 mm?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 25.5 Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms, exercise 4

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