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3 years ago

What will most likely happen if a light wave moves through a solid?

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Kazeer [188]3 years ago

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In will most likely decrease its speed.
hope this helps.

Norma-Jean [14]3 years ago

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Answer: the correct answer is it will decrease in speed.

Explanation:

There are 2 types of waves:

1. Longitudinal waves: These waves are the waves where the particles of the medium propagates in the direction of the wave. These waves requires a medium to travel. For Example: Sound Waves.

2. Transverse wave: These waves are the waves where the particles of the medium propagates perpendicular to the direction of the wave. These waves does not require a medium to travel. They can travel in vacuum also. For Example: Light waves.

Speed of light wave is constant in the vacuum which is $3\times 10^8m/s$ but its speed decreases as it enters a medium. And, here the light is entering a solid having certain refractive index, so the speed would decrease.

Hence, the correct answer is it will decrease in speed.

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