Particles in longitudinal waves oscillate to the direction of wave motion.

perpendicularly

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parallelly

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diagonally

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Solution

The correct option is B parallelly
Particles in a longitudinal wave oscillate along the direction of the wave propagation. Sound waves are the examples of longitudinal wave.

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