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If a wave gets refracted into a denser medium, then which of the following is true?
(a)Wavelength, speed and frequency decreases.
(b)Wavelength increases, speed decreases and frequency remains constant.
(c)Wavelength and speed decreases but frequency remains constant.
(d)Wavelength, speed and frequency increases.

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