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3.14 points) A light ray travels from one medium to a different medium Across the interface of the two media, what is necessarily the same for both the incident and refracted light rays? A. Speed of traveling light. B. Wavelength C. Frequency
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At the interface, the frequency on both sides remains the same as frequency is the source property and not dependent on medium. So frequency will be same for both incident and refracted rays.

So correct answer is C.

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