Joe was holding a long bending pipe and he was trying to see the candle but he could not. What must be the shape of the pipe so that he can see the candle?
Joe will not be able to see the light rays coming out of the candle as the light always travels from the object to our eyes through a straight line path in the form of rays. This property of light to travel along a straight path is called rectilinear propagation of light.