Does Light travel in a straight line ?

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Solution

The Light is a wave.
The Light changes its path when it is incident by any obstacles.
Fermat's principle states that ‘’ Light travels between two points along the path that requires that least time, as compared to other nearby points.
Therefore, the Light travels in a straight line.

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