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Which property of the medium enables the transverse waves to pass through it?

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For a wave to travel through a medium, the medium.
(i) should possess inertia or mass so that kinetic energy can be stored.
(ii) be elastic so that potential energy can be stored.
(iii) should have uniform density.
(iv) should have minimuum frictional force between the particles, so that the loss of energy is minimum.
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