Light refracts when traveling from air into glassbecause light frequency is greater in air than in glass O travels at the same speed in air and in glass O travels slower in glass than in air frequency is greater in glass than in air

Light refracts when traveling from air into glassbecause light frequency is greater in air than in glass O travels at the same speed in air and in glass O travels slower in glass than in air frequency is greater in glass than in air

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter18: Refraction And Lenses

Section18.3: Applications Of Lenses

Problem 35SSC

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Light refracts when traveling from air into glassbecause light
frequency is greater in air than in glass O
travels at the same speed in air and in glass O
travels slower in glass than in air
frequency is greater in glass than in air

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