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When a wave transverses in a medium, the displacement of a particle located at distance x at time t is given by `y=a sin (bt-cx)` where a, b and c are constants of the wave. The dimension of `b//c` are same as that of:

A

wave velocity

B

amplitude

C

wavelength

D

wave frequency

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