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Q. When sunlight is scattered by minute particles of atmosphere, the intensity of light scattered away is proportional to

JIPMERJIPMER 2015Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

Solution:

According to Rayleigh scattering, the intensity of scattered light varies with fourth power of $\frac{1}{\lambda} \, i.e., $ it is proportional to fourth power of frequency of light.