Wave properties and behaviour

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Figure 1 shows the paths of a sound wave and a light wave as they travel from air into a solid acrylic block.

Two side-by-side diagrams illustrating wave transmission from air to acrylic. On the left, a sound wave travels from air into the acrylic block, refracting and bending away from the normal line. On the right, a light wave travels from air into the acrylic block, refracting and bending towards the normal line.

Explain why the sound wave and the light wave refract in opposite directions when they enter the acrylic block.

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