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Do compressions and rarefactions travel in the same

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Do compressions and rarefactions travel in the same direction, or in opposite directions, in a wave?

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Do compressions and rarefactions travel in the same direction, or in opposite directions, in a wave?

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In contrast to rarefaction, the particles in compression are tightly packed together, in a rarefaction, these particles are wider apart. They both, however, travel in the same direction and at the same speed.

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