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When the string of a guitar is plucked what type of waves are produced
1) in air
2) in the string

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Air -- Longitudinal waves -- Since the sound waves travel in the form of longitudinal waves in air

Wire -- Transverse waves -- Since the transverse wave propagate through rigid media

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