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Is the following true or false? Mechanical waves can travel through empty space
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Is the following true or false? Mechanical waves can travel through empty space

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It is false. This is because mechanical waves need a medium (a metrical that waves go through) to travel.. They cannot travel through a vacuum/empty space.
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