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Answer: A

Key insight
The fan is folded when dipped — so colour penetrates through the folded layers at the dipped edge, creating a zigzag/scalloped colour boundary when unfolded. Orange is dipped first (deeper penetration to the outer arc) and red second (shallower, at the very edge, covering orange at the tips).

Step by step
Step 1: The fan is dipped with its arc edge downward while folded. Orange goes in first — colour rises up into the folded pleats to a certain level, creating a curved orange band across the outer arc of the open fan.
Step 2: Red is dipped at the very edge (less depth) — a thinner red band appears at the outermost edge of the fan, on top of/outside the orange.
Step 3: When unfolded, the colour boundaries form smooth concentric arcs: cream/white inner zone → orange middle band → red outer edge, with the scalloped pleat texture visible in the orange zone.
Step 4: Option A shows this correctly: red outermost, then orange, then the original cream inner fan, with visible pleat scalloping in the orange area.
Therefore the answer is A.

Why wrong options are wrong
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A folding paper fan P is dipped in orange colour and then in red colour as shown. Which option is the closest representation of the resultant fan?