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In Huygens' construction, the new wavefront is the common tangent to what?
AParallel normals
BThe old wavefront
CSecondary wavelets
DReflected rays
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Secondary wavelets
Every point of a wavefront emits secondary wavelets, and their envelope gives the forward wavefront a moment later.
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