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Mechanical & Non-Mechanical Waves

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Waves produced in the sonometer wire are

transverse and progressive

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transverse and stationary

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longitudinal and progressive

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longitudinal and stationary

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Solution

The correct option is B transverse and stationary
Waves produced in a sonometer are crests and troughs produced in a string. Hence they are transverse waves.
when they meet an end, wave travelling in apposite direction is produced which is interfered to form a stationary wave

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