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Grade 99 grade science

though light is amechanical wave , the speed of light changes from one medium to another medium. explain why ?

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9 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Aryan pratap
9 Years ago
Light is an Electromagnetic wave and not a mechanical wave. When it travels from one medium to another, its speed and wavelength change and not its frequency- it remains constant at all times