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Is it true that the distance between compression and adjacent rarefaction is half the wavelength?


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a

True

b

False  

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is True.
Compressions and rarefactions are created simultaneously in the longitudinal waves. During compression of a longitudinal wave, the wave particles are very close to each other, and during rarefaction, the particles are wide apart. A wavelength is the distance between two successive compressions or two consecutive rarefactions. It is measured in the direction of motion of the wave. So, the distance between the adjacent compression and rarefaction is half of the wave's wavelength.
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