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Longitudinal waves are also known aswaves.

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elastic waves
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pressure
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elctromagnetic
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Solution

The correct option is B pressure
Longitudinal waves travel in a medium in a series of alternate rarefactions and compressions, i.e. they travel as variations in pressure. Therefore, they are called pressure waves.

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