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One similarity between sound and light waves is that ...

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Both can propagate in vacuum
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Both have same speed
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Both can show polarization
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Both can show interference
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Solution

The correct option is D Both can show interference
Sound waves are longitudinal where as light waves are transverse waves.
Longitudinal waves don't polarise and are not passed through vacuum.
But both do show interference and superposition.

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