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Longitudinal Waves

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Sound waves in air are __________waves.

A

Longitudinal

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Radial

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C

Transverse

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Electromagnetic

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Solution

The correct option is A Longitudinal
Longitudinal waves are waves in which the motion of the individual particles of the medium is in a direction that is parallel to the direction of energy transport. Sound waves in air (and any fluid medium) are longitudinal waves because particles of the medium through which the sound is transported vibrate parallel to the direction that the sound wave moves.

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