Question
____ are oscillations where particles are displaced perpendicular to the wave direction.
Answer
Transverse waves are oscillations where particles are displaced perpendicular to the wave direction.
Light is a transverse wave because its components vibrate perpendicular to the direction of propagation
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Scalars are quantities that have ____.
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For vector ____, use the tip-to-tail method, or you can break the vector into its component parts and use the Pythagorean Theorem.