What measures the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave?

1 answer:

8 0

Answer A is incorrect
A crest is just one point. It is not the distance between 2 crests.

B is incorrect
A trough is just 1 point. It is not the distance between 2 troughs.

C is incorrect.
the amplitude measures the height of a crest from the middle of the wave to the crest (or trough).

D is the correct answer. That is the distance between 2 crests or 2 troughs

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