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Sound is a …………….. Wave and needs a material medium to travel.

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  • Sound waves are:

    A
    Transverse waves
    B
    Longitudinal waves
    C
    Waves
    D
    None of the above

  • Sound waves are:

    A
    mechanical waves
    B
    longitudinal waves
    C
    transverse waves.
    D
    waves

  • The speed of an electromagnetic wave in a material medium of permeability mu and permittivity epsilon is

    A
    a. `(1)/(mu epsilon)`
    B
    b. `(1)/(2mu epsilon)`
    C
    c. `(1)/(sqrt(mu epsilon))`
    D
    d. `(1)/(sqrt(2 mu epsilon))`

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