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"A wave transfers energy and not matter" justify the statement

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Waves are the oscillation of bulk of particles about their mean position. They donot change their position. The wave travels through the particles transferring energy from one to other and the particles themselves are not tansported. Thus wave transferes energy and not mass.

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