A longitudinal wave has a wavelength of 10 cm and an amplitude of 5.0 cm and travels

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A longitudinal wave has a wavelength of 10 cm and an amplitude of 5.0 cm and travels in the y -direction. The wave speed in this medium is 80 cm/s.
(a) Describe the motion of a particle in the medium as the wave travels through the medium.
(b) How would your answer differ if the wave were transverse instead?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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