In the position of minimum deviation when a ray of yellow light passes through a prism,its angle of incidence is

  • A
    Less than the emergent angle
  • B
    Greater than the emergent angle
  • C
    Sum of the angle of incidence and emergent angle is $90^{\circ}$
  • D
    Equal to the emergent angle

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