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Huygen's theory of secondary waves can be used to find-

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velocity of light

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the wavelength of light

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wave from geometrically

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magnifying power of microscope

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To solve the question regarding Huygen's theory of secondary waves, we can break it down into the following steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Huygen's Principle**: - Huygen's principle states that every point on a wavefront can be considered as a source of secondary wavelets. These wavelets spread out in the forward direction at the same speed as the original wave. 2. **Identifying Wavefronts**: - A wavefront is defined as the surface over which an oscillation has a constant phase. According to Huygen's principle, the new wavefront can be constructed from these secondary wavelets. 3. **Constructing the New Wavefront**: - To find the new wavefront, we consider all the secondary wavelets emitted from each point on the original wavefront. The new wavefront is formed by drawing a tangent to all these wavelets. 4. **Geometric Interpretation**: - The geometric interpretation of Huygen's principle involves using the tangents to the wavelets to visualize the new wavefront. This can be done by connecting the points where the wavelets would meet at a later time, thus forming a new wavefront. 5. **Conclusion**: - Huygen's theory can be used to find the new wavefront geometrically by constructing it from the secondary wavelets. ### Final Answer: Huygen's theory of secondary waves can be used to find the wavefront geometrically. ---
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Huygen was the figure scientist who proposed the idea of wave theory of light he said that the light propagates in form of wavelengths. A wavefront is a imaginary surface of every point of which waves are in the same. phase. For example the wavefront for a point source of light is collection of concentric spheres which have centre at the origin w_(1) is a wavefront w_(2) is another wavefront. The radius of the wavefront at time 't' is 'ct' in thic case where 'c' is the speed of light the direction of propagation of light is perpendicular to the surface of the wavelength. the wavefronts are plane wavefronts in case of a parallel beam of light. Huygen also said that every point of the wavefront acts as the source of secondary wavelets. The tangent drawn to all secondary wavelets at a time is the new wavefront at that time. The wavelets are to be considered only in the forward direction (i.e., the direction of propagation of light) and not in the reverse direction if a wavefront w_(1) and draw spheres of radius 'cDeltat' they are called secondary wavelets. Draw a surface w_(2) which is tangential to all these secondary wavelets w_(2) is the wavefront at time t+Deltat Huygen proved the laws of reflection and laws of refraction using concept of wavefront. Q. The wavefrot of a light beam is given by the equation x+2y+3z=c (where c is arbitrary constant) then the angle made by the direction of light with the y-axis is

Huygen was the figure scientist who proposed the idea of wave theory of light he said that the light propagates in form of wavelengths. A wavefront is a imaginary surface of every point of which waves are in the same. phase. For example the wavefront for a point source of light is collection of concentric spheres which have centre at the origin w_(1) is a wavefront w_(2) is another wavefront. The radius of the wavefront at time 't' is 'ct' in thic case where 'c' is the speed of light the direction of propagation of light is perpendicular to the surface of the wavelength. the wavefronts are plane wavefronts in case of a parallel beam of light. Huygen also said that every point of the wavefront acts as the source of secondary wavelets. The tangent drawn to all secondary wavelets at a time is the new wavefront at that time. The wavelets are to be considered only in the forward direction (i.e., the direction of propagation of light) and not in the reverse direction if a wavefront w_(1) and draw spheres of radius 'cDeltat' they are called secondary wavelets. Draw a surface w_(2) which is tangential to all these secondary wavelets w_(2) is the wavefront at time t+Deltat Huygen proved the laws of reflection and laws of refraction using concept of wavefront. Q. Certain plane wavefronts are shown in figure the refractive index of medius is

Huygen was the figure scientist who proposed the idea of wave theory of light he said that the light propagates in form of wavelengths. A wavefront is a imaginary surface of every point of which waves are in the same. phase. For example the wavefront for a point source of light is collection of concentric spheres which have centre at the origin w_(1) is a wavefront w_(2) is another wavefront. The radius of the wavefront at time 't' is 'ct' in thic case where 'c' is the speed of light the direction of propagation of light is perpendicular to the surface of the wavelength. the wavefronts are plane wavefronts in case of a parallel beam of light. Huygen also said that every point of the wavefront acts as the source of secondary wavelets. The tangent drawn to all secondary wavelets at a time is the new wavefront at that time. The wavelets are to be considered only in the forward direction (i.e., the direction of propagation of light) and not in the reverse direction if a wavefront w_(1) and draw spheres of radius 'cDeltat' they are called secondary wavelets. Draw a surface w_(2) which is tangential to all these secondary wavelets w_(2) is the wavefront at time t+Deltat Huygen proved the laws of reflection and laws of refraction using concept of wavefront. Q. Certain plane wavefronts are shown in figure the refractive index of medius is

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