Question

When sunlight enters a drop of rain, different colours leave the drop at different angles. For a red light ∠2 = 42°. What is ∠1? Explain.Immersive Reader
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Answer 1

Answer:

When sunlight hits a raindrop, the red light waves are bent at an angle of 42 degrees from their original direction from the sun. Shorter violet light waves are only bent at an angle of 40 degrees. The other colored light frequencies are bent at angles in between these two.