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Explain why an electromagnetic wave is a transverse was and not a compressional wave
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Explain why an electromagnetic wave is a transverse was and not a compressional wave

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Electromagnetic waves are transverse because the particles that are moving are perpendicular to the wave motion while compressional (also known as longitudinal) wave particles move parallel to the wave motion
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