i need help on this so i can pass my grades are terrible i need help someone please help me like rn!! Hypothesis: If light travels at different speeds in different mediums, then the light will (bend or stay the same) at the point where it enters a new medium.
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read up on Snell's law.
If it hits the surface at an angle other than 90 degrees then its propagation angle will change.
If the speed is slower than in the earlier material, then the wave will bend down toward perpendicular to the surface because the first part of the wave front slows down before the points on that wave further from the surface hit it.
The result is consolidated in a formula called "Snell's Law"
n1 sin T1 = n2 sin T2
where n is the refractive index and T is the ray angle measured from perpendicular
see: sciencefacts.net/snells-law.html
Hypothesis: If light travels at different speeds in different mediums, then the light will bend at the point where it enters a new medium.
To come up with a hypothesis, you need to make an educated guess about what you think will happen based on the information you have. In this case, you are given that light travels at different speeds in different mediums. So, based on this information, you can make a prediction that when light enters a new medium, it will change its direction or bend due to the change in speed.