Good question - basically because it is easier to visualize and draw! The wave is actually a graph of “horizontal displacement of particles” against position of the wave. So a peak means the particles have been displaced by the biggest distance (but parallel to the wave motion, not in the direction of the transverse-looking wave). Hope that makes sense!
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Easy explanation..no complication...thanks to you
super helpful! thank you
so helpful!
sound is a logitudinal wave right? so why you explained it with the transversal one?
Good question - basically because it is easier to visualize and draw! The wave is actually a graph of “horizontal displacement of particles” against position of the wave. So a peak means the particles have been displaced by the biggest distance (but parallel to the wave motion, not in the direction of the transverse-looking wave). Hope that makes sense!
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