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Comparing Magic Penny 'And Rainbow In A Dish'
Essentially, two of our experiments did incorporate the same fundamental laws of physics; the “Magic Penny” and “ Rainbow in a Dish” experiments. In particular, both experiments studied the concept of refraction, that is the bending of light from one medium to another which involves light and its constituents such as the electromagnetic spectrum and the concept of waves. Both the “Magic Penny” and the “Rainbow in a Dish” experiment showed what happens when light passed through water and how it was going from one medium, air to another, water. When you look at the mirror in the dish without any water and shine the flashlight you only see the light reflecting back up. It is not until the water is added to the

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