When light is refracted into a medium, (a) its wavelength and frequency both increase
When light is refracted into a medium,
(a) its wavelength and frequency both increase
(b) its wavelength increases but frequency remains unchanged
(c) its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged
(d) its wavelength and frequency both decrease.
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(c) its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged
EXPLANATION:
When light is refracted into a medium its speed changes but the frequency remains the same because the energy associated with a photon of this light is proportional to the frequency of the light and it remains unchanged. Since the wavelength λ = c/, i.e. λ ∝ c. So the wavelength changes. Option (c) is true.
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