You can hear around corners, but you can't see around corners. Why?

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You can hear around corners, but you can't see around corners.
Why?
Transcribed Image Text:You can hear around corners, but you can't see around corners. Why?
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Introduction:
  • Waves are capable of bending around obstacles. This effect is called diffraction.

 

  • Light consists of electric and magnetic fields and behaves as a wave. Thus light is capable of bending around obstacles.

 

  • Diffraction is noticeable when the order of size of the obstacle and size of the wavelength match.
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