When a beam of light, originally traveling in air, enters a piece of glass having an index of refraction of 3/2, its frequency

A) is unaffected.
B) is reduced to 2/3 its original value.
C) increases by a factor of 3/2.


A

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B. Backward
C. Rightward
D. Leftward
E. Into the paper
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