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Which of these two longitudinal waves has a greater amplitude​

Which of these two longitudinal waves has a greater amplitude​-example-1
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The bottom one. My reasoning is that since the color is darker, it indicates it goes down further meaning the amplitude (absolute value of height from the midline to the top/bottom of the curve) is greater.
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