Statement I: All points on a wavefront vibrate in same phase with same frequency.
Statement II: Two sources are said to be coherent if they produce waves of same frequency with a constant phase difference.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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C
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
All points on the wavefront have same displacement but they don't need to be oscillate with same frequency and constant phase difference.
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