Why is it usually inappropriate to consider low-frequency sound waves as traveling in rays? Why is the ray approximation more appropriate for high-frequency sound and for light?

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Why is it usually inappropriate to consider low-frequency sound waves as traveling in rays? Why is the ray approximation more appropriate for high-frequency sound and for light?

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Answer: i do not know

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