alleryStart learning →Reflection means a wave does what at the boundary between two media?
AGoes straight on
BReturns to its medium
CStops moving at all
DDoubles its speed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Returns to its medium
In reflection the wavefront changes direction and goes back into the medium from which it came.
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