You are working for a company that designs CDs. A co-worker and you are having an argument about light. You claim that you measure a particular wavelength of light in a vacuum to have a certain value and when your co-worker goes to calculate the wavelength of light in plastic they get a different value. Is your co-worker's value higher or lower than yours? Please explain the discrepancy.

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The Answer of You are working for a company that designs CDs. A co-worker and you are having an argument about light. You claim that you measure a particular wavelength of light in a vacuum to have a certain value and when your co-worker goes to calculate the wavelength of light in plastic they get a different value. Is your co-worker's value higher or lower than yours? Please explain the discrepancy.

You Are Working for a Company That Designs CDs