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Why transverse waves cannot propagate through vacuum ?

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  • The transverse waves can propagate through

    A
    gases but not through metails
    B
    metals but not through gases 0
    C
    both gases and metails
    D
    neither gases nor metals

  • Transverse waves can propagate

    A
    both in a gas and in a metal
    B
    in a gas but not in a metal
    C
    not in agas but in a metal
    D
    neither in gas nor in a metal

  • Transverse waves can propagate in

    A
    Liquids
    B
    Solids
    C
    Gases
    D
    None of these

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