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Alexxx [7]
4 years ago
13

WHY light travel in straight line?reason?

Physics
2 answers:
Dafna1 [17]4 years ago
8 0

Light travels in a straight line because it doesn't usually interact with its medium. When it does it is called refraction.

EleoNora [17]4 years ago
8 0

The reason light travels in a straight line is because it doesn't interact with its own medium.


I hope this helped! Good luck, fam!

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