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ladessa [460]
3 years ago
5

Since sound is a mechanical wave it needs a ...... to travel through

Physics
1 answer:
Leni [432]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

medium

Examples:

A medium is a thing that the sound wave would travel through, like sound waves traveling through air. A mechanical wave cannot travel without a medium, like if the wave were trying to travel through a vacuum.

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