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How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?
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How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?

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They are both transferring energy from one place to the other.
Electromagnetic waves can travel through space mechanical waves cannot.
Mechanical waves need a medium to travel through.
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