When Light Passes from Air into a Dense but Transparent

question 269

Multiple Choice

When light passes from air into a dense but transparent material such as glass, it

• A) slows down.
• B) maintains its speed, as required by the laws of physics.
• C) changes its speed to that of sound in the medium.
• D) speeds up.

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