Asked by kelvin calin

The diagram shows a spherical wave.

A point labeled W has two lines out to a semicircle with 8 equally spaced dots on it. The semicircle is labeled X there is a second, larger semi circle labeled Z with circular wave fronts striking it and one is labeled Y.
Which letter represents a wavelet?

W
X
Y
Z

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Y

Explanation: X and Z are wavefronts (semicircles) and W is the original point source. The small circular secondary waves shown (one labeled Y) are the Huygens wavelets.