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Explain why transver waves cannot be propagated through fluids?

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Because fluids cant' sustain shearing stress.
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Knowledge Check

  • 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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