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27.2 Huygens's Principle: Diffraction

Every point of a wavefront acting as a source of new wavelets, the geometric rule behind reflection, refraction, and bending around edges.

College Physics 2e, 27.2 Huygens's Principle: Diffraction

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27.2 Exercise 1

Which of the following statements is true about Huygens’s principle of secondary wavelets?

It can be used to explain the particle behavior of waves.
It states that each point on a wavefront can be considered a new wave source.
It can be used to find the velocity of a wave.
All of the above.

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