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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In which type of wave would you find a rarefaction? water wave light wave-is this the answer? sound wave radio wave

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sound wave.. why sound wave is a longitudinal wave all others are the transverse waves

OpenStudy (anonymous):

just like you have crests and troughs in a translational wavem you have compressions and rarefactions for longitudinal waves -> due to varying pressures

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sound wave . its longitudinal the primary wave being compression and the reaction wave being rarefraction

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