1. In sunlight, you see a blue truck. What colors of light is the truck absorbing, and what colors of light is the truck reflecting? Explain your answers.   In winter, a pile of snow has a bright white color. Use this fact to explain why it takes a lot of time for a pile of snow to melt in the sunlight.

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Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: