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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does the wave in a lasso travel as a transverse or longitudinal wave?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If it was travelling longitudinally, it would imply that the rope is stretching and compressing. As the displacement is perpendicular to travel it is a transverse wave.

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