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What was the first experiment to show that light is a wave? what was the first experiment to show that light is a wave? young's double-slit experiment galileo's observation of jupiter's moons the pound-rebka experiment measurements with the michelson-morley interferometer millikan's oil drop experiment?

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The correct answer is Option A . . Young’s double slit experiment

Thomas Young, a British erudite and physician, through his light-interference experiment in 1801, was able to convincingly demonstrate that light is a wave, contrary to earlier ideas that light was composed of a stream of particles (originating from Isaac Newton).
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