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as a wave travels through a medium it displaces particles in a direction parallel to the motion of the wave we conclude this a ?
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as a wave travels through a medium it displaces particles in a direction parallel to the motion of the wave we conclude this a ?

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this is a mechanical wave
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We conclude that this is a mechanical wave, it can't travel without a medium
to carry it, it travels in the form of compressions and rarefactions of the medium,
and it's generally labeled a "longitudinal wave".
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