Question
Given below are some example of wave motion. State in case, if the wave motion is transverse, longitudinal or a combination of both?
Motion of a kink in a long coil spring produced by displacing one end of the string side ways.

Answer

Transverse, because the vibration of particles of the spring are at right angles to the direction of wave propagation.

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