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What type of mechanical waved do you expect to exist in (a) vacuum (b) air (c) inside the water (d) rock (e) on the surface of water ?

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(a) No wave (b) longitudinal waves (c) longitudinal (d) transverse or longitudinal or both (separately ) (e) combined longitudinal and transverse (ripples )
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