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What key concept does Newton's corpuscular theory of light introduce?.
- A.Light behaves as a wave.
- B.Light consists of discrete particles.
- C.Light can be polarized.
- D.Light travels faster in water than in air.
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- Light consists of discrete particles.
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The corpuscular theory introduced the idea that light is made up of discrete particles, which was a significant shift from previous theories that did not consider light to have particle-like properties.
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