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What is the shape of the wavefront in each of the following cases ?
(a) light diverging from point source.
(b) light emerging out of a convex lens when a point source is placed at its focus.
( c) the portion of the wavefront of light from a distant star intercepted by earth.

A

spherical

B

plane

C

parabolic

D

none of these

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B
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