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Can someone explain this please?
What are sound waves?

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Answer:

A wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air

Step-by-step explanation:

Sound waves are often simplified to a description in terms of sinusoidal plane waves which are characterized

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