Why is light sometimes described as rays and sometimes aswaves?

Q: Which one of the following colors of visible light has the highest frequency? Yellow. Red. Green.…

A: The visible light spectrum arranged in the order of increasing frequency is given by…

Q: Can a sound wave be polarized? If not, why not?

A: Only those waves which are transverse in nature can be polarized. i.e. Electromagnetic waves

Q: A ray of light traveling in through the river strikes a floating resin block at an angle of…

A: Given, Refractive index of water,μ1=1.33 Refractive index of raisin,μ2=1.67

Q: What is Brewster's angle (in degrees) for light traveling in glycerine (n = 1.473) that is reflected…

A: From the question it is given that  Refractive index of glycerine (incident medium): ηg = 1.473…

Q: A ray is incident upon a reflective surface at an angle of ??θi=42.9∘∘relative to the direction…

A: The Ist law of reflection (from a smooth surface) says that the angle of the reflected ray (θr) with…

Q: When ordinary light is inclined at an oblique angle upon water, what can you say about the reflected…

A: Unpolarized light contains polarization in all the directions, which means the unpolarised light has…

Q: When light is incident on an interface between two materials, the angle of the refracted ray depends…

A: When light is incident on an interface between two materials, the angle of the refracted ray depends…

Q: Sunlight and star light passing into and through the earth’s atmosphere is always bent towards the…

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Q: When light from air hits a smooth piece of glass (n = 1.5) with the ray perpendicular to the glass…

A: When light from air hits a smooth piece of glass at any angle (even other than perpendicular)A…

Q: Determine the frequency of violet visible light (A = 420 nm) (GIVEN: 1 m = 10' nm) Answer: Hz Tip:…

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Q: How much time is required for reflected sunlight to travel from the moon to the earth if the…

A: Given :-  distance between earth and moon is = 3.95 * 105 km = 3.95 * 108 m speed of light =3 * 108…

Q: ight Review Refraction Calculations In a certain material, a beam of light has a speed of 2.25\times…

A: Given that light speed in material =v=2.25m/sCalculate the refraction of this material (n)=?

Q: The intensity L(x) of light x feet beneath the surface of the ocean satisfies the differential…

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Q: The speed of yellow light (from a sodium lamp) in a certain liquid is measured to be 2 X 10^8 m/s.…

A: Speed of yellow light in this liquid medium v=2*108m/s and speed of light in vacuum is given by…

Q: The intensity of light decreases as the inverse square of the distance from the source. Does this…

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Q: A light ray travels from air, through a tw = 2.00 mm thick layer of water, through a tg 5.00 mm…

A: in this question  we snell's  law for answer.

Q: The light passes from medium 1 to medium 2 without changing angles or intensity. None Reflection…

A: Given: Light travelling from one medium to another will bend either to the left or right depending…

Q: (c) The electric fields from two e/m waves are described by E1 = 10.0 cos(kz – wt) N/C and E2 = 15.0…

A: Concepts used: Resultant electric field of multiple waves is found by principle of superposition of…

Q: When light travels from air into water, its velocity, wavelength and frequency all change. its…

A: Given data:  Light travels from air into water Required: The effect on velocity, frequency and…