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25.1 Exercise 1

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When light from a distant object reflects off of a concave mirror and comes to a focus some distance in front of the mirror, we model light as a _____ to explain and predict the behavior of light and the formation of an image.

  1. wave
  2. particle
  3. ray
  4. all of the above

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 25.1 The Ray Aspect of Light, exercise 1

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