Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 4CQ
For which of the following characteristics—speed, wavelength, and frequency—is light similar to microwaves, and for which does it differ? Explain.
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