Answer
A photon behaves like a wave when it is traveling from one place to another. It behaves like a particle when it is emitted by an atom, or absorbed by a piece of film or a detector.
Work Step by Step
This is explained on page 590.
Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
by Hewitt, Paul G.
Published by
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10:
0321909100
ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 31 - Think and Explain - Page 598-599: 45
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