When You See Your Shadow on a Sunny Day, It

question 35

Multiple Choice

When you see your shadow on a sunny day, it has a fuzzy edge. This is

• A) not caused by diffraction because the wavelength of visible light is too small to produce visible diffraction around a person.
• B) not caused by diffraction because diffraction only occurs for openings, not objects blocking light.
• C) an example of diffraction.
• D) not caused by diffraction because there are too many wavelengths in sunlight to see the effect.

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Definitions:

Principal Diagnosis

The condition, after study, which is chiefly responsible for a patient's admission to a hospital.

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Principal Diagnosis

The principal diagnosis is the primary condition determined after study to be chiefly responsible for a patient's admission to a hospital for care.