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Two students are holding opposite ends of a spring in a coassroom. One student stands on the left end of the classroom and the other stands at the right end. They Shake the spring so that a longitudinal
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Two students are holding opposite ends of a spring in a coassroom. One student stands on the left end of the classroom and the other stands at the right end. They Shake the spring so that a longitudinal wave travels along the spring. In which direction will the longitudinal wave oscillate?

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The longitudinal wave will oscillate parallel to the direction in which the wave travels. In this case, the wave is traveling along the spring from left to right, so the oscillation will also be from left to right.
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