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Transverse waves |
When the displacement is at a right angle |
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Longitudinal waves |
are when the disinvestment is parallel to the direction of the wave |
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Examples of transverse waves |
Water and light |
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What's a transverse wave? |
When the displacement is at a right angle |
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Example of longitudinal waves |
Sound waves & compression in slinkie |
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What do we cal it when two wave s in the same place add together? |
They superpose |