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Which statement is an observation from Newton’s experiments with light? White light becomes a range of colors after passing through a prism. A prism adds a range of colors to white light. Newton asked questions about the makeup of white light. A prism is a useful device for experimenting with white light.

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Answer: White light becomes a range of colors after passing through a prism.

Step-by-step explanation:

White light is composed by a range of colors, this was discovered by Isaac Newton when he observed that a beam of white light was refracted (the different rays of light are diverted depending on their wavelengths) when passing through a prism .

This phenomenom was later called dispersion.

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