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Give an evidence in support of the fact that sound is a wave, a mechanical wave, and longitudinal. Which observation shows that sound is a mechanical wave?

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Solution:

Interference and diffraction show it is a wave. The bell-jar experiment shows it needs a material medium, so it is mechanical. Failure to polarise shows it is longitudinal.

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