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Which property of waves is used by corrective lenses (glasses) and prisms to change the direction of light and change how light is seen? Your answer: polarity refraction reflection resonance

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

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 38A

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Which property of waves is used by corrective
lenses (glasses) and prisms to change the
direction of light and change how light is
seen?
Your answer:
polarity
refraction
reflection
resonance

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