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3 years ago

Light always travels in a straight line

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Light travels in straight lines. Once a light has been produced, it will keep moving in a straight line until it hits something else. Shadows are evidence of light traveling in straight lines. An object blocks light so that it can’t reach the surface where we see the shadow.

mrs_skeptik [129]3 years ago

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Answer:

No light actually travels in waves

Explanation:

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(a). 16.741 m/s

(b). 15.75 m/s

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In the question,

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Time taken by sound to travel the shortest distance along the hypotenuse of the triangle thus formed is,

t = 2.92 - 2.747

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Distance traveled by sound is given by,

$Distance=343\times 0.172\\Distance=59.02\,m$

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Horizontal distance traveled is,

$D=\sqrt{59.02^{2}-37^{2}}\\D=45.99\,m$

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$Distance=Speed\times Time\\45.99=u\times 2.747\\u=16.741\,m/s$

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(b).

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So,

Distance traveled in the horizontal by ball is,

$Distance=\sqrt{56.932^{2}-37^{2}}\\Distance=43.269\,m$

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