The refractive indices of red,yellow,and violet colors for a prism are $1.5140, 1.5170$,and $1.5318$ respectively. Calculate the dispersive power of this prism. For a second prism,the refractive indices for red,yellow,and violet colors are $1.6434, 1.6499$,and $1.6852$ respectively. Calculate the dispersive power of the second prism.

  • A
    $0.034$ and $0.064$
  • B
    $0.064$ and $0.034$
  • C
    $1.00$ and $0.064$
  • D
    $0.034$ and $1.0$

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