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Light travels in straight lines
Lower Sec Science · Secondary 1 · Hard · Light travels in straight lines
A student shines a torch at a flat, smooth mirror and sees the light ray bounce off. Which statement best describes how light is travelling in this situation?
- Light spreads out in all directions in curves from the torch to the mirror.
- Light travels in straight lines from the torch to the mirror and then to the eye.
- Light stays still and the mirror moves towards the light.
- Light only travels in straight lines in a vacuum, not in air.
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