Whose principle or law states that each point on a wave front may be considered a new wave source? Is it: A. Snell's Law B. Huygens’s Principle C. Young's Law D. Hertz's Law.

Whose principle or law states that each point on a wave front may be  considered a new wave source? Is it:
A. Snell's Law
B. Huygens’s Principle
C. Young's Law
D. Hertz's Law.
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B. Huygens’s Principle
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