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What is the shape of the wavefront for light coming from a very distant star?
ASpherical
BCylindrical
CPlane
DCircular
✓ Correct Answer: C — Plane
At very large distances, the curvature of a spherical wavefront becomes negligible, appearing as a plane wavefront.
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