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Which color light refracts the most when entering crown glass from air at some incident angle A?¸ with respect to the normal? violet blue green yellow red

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Which color light refracts the most when entering crown glass from air at some incident angle A?¸ with respect to the normal?

violet

blue

green

yellow

red

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