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In glass, violet light travels faster than red light. Is the statement true?

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No, Violet ray travels slowest among all the light . The wavelength of the violet light is minimum.
Wavelength of a particular colour in medium λ=λairn
Frequency for all colors is same velocity=frequency×wavelength.
Hence ray with minimum wavelength travels slowest.

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