How is wavelength determine for a longitudinal wave?
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Answered question
2023-01-04
Answer & Explanation
Layne Vaughn
Beginner2023-01-05Added 8 answers
The procedure for calculating a transverse wave's wavelength is identical to that for a longitudinal wave when it comes to wavelength measurement.
Longitudinal waves have compressions and rarefactions. A compression is a region of high pressure on a wave (and it can be related to the crest of a transverse wave). Whereas a rarefaction is a region of low pressure on a wave (and it can be related to the trough of a transverse wave).
So the distance between one compression to the next or from rarefaction to the next is the easiest way of measuring wavelength.
However the distance between any 2 identical points on the wave can be measured to obtain the wavelength.
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