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You can listen to your friend round a corner, but you cannot watch him/her. Why?

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Ans. Wavelength of sound waves is large and is comparable with the size of buildings and corners. So sound of our friend can be diffracted and easily heard by us. However, light rays have small wavelength and cannot be diffracted, which makes it impossible for us to see our friend round a corner.

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