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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/JJC_-_PHYS_110/03%3A_Book-_Sound_-_An_Interactive_eBook_(Forinash_and_Christian)/3.06%3A_Wave_Behavior/3.6.03%3A_Refraction/3.6.3.01%3A_Refraction
      In the following picture notice that Jill can hear Jack because the wind speeds up the upper edges of the sound, bending it back towards the ground. In the following picture notice that Jill can hear ...In the following picture notice that Jill can hear Jack because the wind speeds up the upper edges of the sound, bending it back towards the ground. In the following picture notice that Jill can hear Jack because the warmer temperature speeds up the upper edges of the sound, bending it back towards the ground. Going the other way (glass to air) the light ends up with a larger refracted angle than the incident angle.

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