A beam of white light goes through dispersion in a prism. The color that bends the most is
A) violet.
B) yellow.
C) red.
D) orange.
E) green.

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When white light passes through a prism, it gets dispersed, and different colors of light bend at different angles because of their different wavelengths. The shorter the wavelength, the more the light gets bent. Violet light has the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum, and hence it bends the most.

A Beam of White Light Goes Through Dispersion in a Prism