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Which materials can be used to make fiber optic strands?

metal and glass
glass and plastic
plastic and metal
glass and ceramic

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i believe its "Glass and Plastic" hope it helps:)
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Answer:

Correct Answer is Glass and Plastic

Step-by-step explanation:

Optical fibers are glass or plastic tubes as thin as human hair.Optical fibers are used for communication purposes. The working of optical fiber are based on the phenomena of total internal reflection.

There are three main region of an optical fiber which are made of plastic or glass with different refractive indices these are as follows.

1. core

2. Cladding

3. Sheath

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