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Please help with a simple Physics question! Regions of compression and rarefaction help define ______. a. electromagnetic waves b. longitudinal waves, but not transverse waves c. transverse waves, but
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Regions of compression and rarefaction help define ______.

a. electromagnetic waves
b. longitudinal waves, but not transverse waves
c. transverse waves, but not longitudinal waves
d. all mechanical waves

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Compression- a region in a longitudinal (sound) wave where the particles are closest together. Rarefaction- a region in a longitudinal (sound) wave where the particles are furthest apart. Wave motion and particles.

Answer is B.

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