A beam of white light in air passes through the transparent object shown. Dispersion is observed to occur. From the diagram we can tell that
A. the object behaves as a concave mirror.
B. the object acts as a converging lens.
C. the index of refraction is larger for blue light than red.
D. the index of refraction is larger for red light than blue.
Answer: C
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