Question
Which of the following statements is true about Huygens’s principle of secondary wavelets?
- It can be used to explain the particle behavior of waves.
- It states that each point on a wavefront can be considered a new wave source.
- It can be used to find the velocity of a wave.
- All of the above.
Final Answer
(b)
Solution video
OpenStax College Physics for AP® Courses, Chapter 27, Problem 1 (Test Prep for AP® Courses)
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Video Transcript
This is College Physics Answers with Shaun Dychko. Huygens's Princple says that each point on a wavefront can be considered a new wave source. And so, a wavefront actually consists of many points, each of which are themselves, point sources of the wave.