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These images represent a wave.

Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?

These images represent a wave. Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?-example-1
These images represent a wave. Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?-example-1
These images represent a wave. Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?-example-2
These images represent a wave. Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?-example-3
These images represent a wave. Which wave diagram is labeled correctly?-example-4
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The first picture is actually the correctly labeled wave diagram, as wavelength is the distance between two crests or troughs. Amplitude, however, measures the distance from the center line to the top of a crest or bottom of a trough.  
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