A certain kind of glass has nblue = 1.650 for blue light and nred = 1.610 for red light. If a beam of  white light (containing all colors) is incident at an angle of 30.0º, what is the angle between the red  and blue light inside the glass?

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A certain kind of glass has nblue = 1.650 for blue light and nred = 1.610 for red light. If a beam of 
white light (containing all colors) is incident at an angle of 30.0º, what is the angle between the red 
and blue light inside the glass?

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