Foucault's Experiment: Light Theories Supported

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# Foucault’s experiment to measure the velocity of light supported:
1)Corpuscular theory
2)Wave theory
3)Photon theory
4)Electromagnetic wave theory

It cannot be Corpuscular theory because it said that the velocity of light in a denser medium is greater than that in a rarer medium. It however supported wave theory as it said that the velocity of light in a denser medium is less than that in a rarer medium. But the experiment does not support photon theory because we do not consider the particle nature of light. But I don’t know whether it supported the Electromagnetic wave theory. Could anyone clear my doubt?
 
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