According to Huygen's principle:Light takes the path with minimum distance to get from point A to point B.Light is well approximated by directed line segments called rays.Light is a particle.Light propagates as if every point on a wave front was the source of a semi-circular wave of its own.None of the other responses is correct.0000

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According to Huygen's principle:
Light takes the path with minimum distance to get from point A to point B.
Light is well approximated by directed line segments called rays.
Light is a particle.
Light propagates as if every point on a wave front was the source of a semi-
circular wave of its own.
None of the other responses is correct.
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Huygens principle is a method of analysis applied to wave propagation problems. "Every point on a wavefront is in itself the source of spherical wavelets which spread out in the forward direction at the speed of light. The wavefront is formed by the sum of these spherical wavelets", is the principle.

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