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Standard XII
Physics
Mechanical & Non-Mechanical Waves
The number of...
Question
The number of waves contained in unit length of the medium is called
A
Elastic wave
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B
Wave number
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C
Wave pulse
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D
Electromagnetic wave
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Solution
The correct option is
D
Wave number
(b) Wave number is the reciprocal of wavelength and is written as
n
=
1
λ
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