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Explore It! Question #4: Look around you. Describe how you could use an

object in the room to simulate the motion of this type of wave.
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A longitudinal wave can be created in a slinky if the slinky is stretched out in a horizontal direction and the first coils of the slinky are vibrated horizontally. In such a case, each individual coil of the medium is set into vibrational motion in directions parallel to the direction that the energy is transported.

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