Alex is doing an experiment with a white laser light inside a dark lab.
(ii) How will he use two identical prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism emerges out of the second prism as white light? Draw the diagram.

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By placing two identical prism inverted with respect to the other, we get a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism and emerging out of the second prism again as white light. [1 Mark]
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Alex is doing an experiment with a white laser light inside a dark lab. (ii) How will he use two identical prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism emerges out of the second prism as white light? Draw the diagram.

By placing two identical prism inverted with respect to the other, we get a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism and emerging out of the second prism again as white light. [1 Mark] [1 Mark]

Alex is doing an experiment with a white laser light inside a dark lab.
(ii) How will he use two identical prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism emerges out of the second prism as white light? Draw the diagram.

By placing two identical prism inverted with respect to the other, we get a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism and emerging out of the second prism again as white light. [1 Mark]
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