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Which best describes the difference between wave A and wave B?

Wave A has a greater intensity and transfers more energy.

Wave B has a greater intensity and transfers more energy.

Wave A transfers more energy, but wave B has a greater intensity.

Wave B transfers more energy, but wave A has a greater intensity.

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Answer:

Wave B has a greater intensity and transfers more energy

Step-by-step explanation:

B on edge

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Solution:
the correct answer is
Wave B has a greater intensity and transfers more energy.

In fact, wave B has higher frequency (the number of oscillations per unit time is larger than wave A), and since the energy of a wave is proportional to its frequency, wave B transfers more energy than wave A. Moreover, the amplitude of wave B is larger than that of wave A, and since the intensity of a wave is proportional to the square of the amplitude, it means that wave B has greater intensity than wave A.
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