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26.3 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

A student sees a piece of paper sitting on a table. Which of the following would not result in the student observing the paper as yellow?

  1. Yellow light shines on a black paper.
  2. White light shines on a yellow paper.
  3. Yellow light shines on a white paper.
  4. Red and green lights shine on a white paper.

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