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When we say a wave requires a medium, what do we mean?

When we say a wave requires a medium, what do we mean?-example-1

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Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium. This means that they have to have some sort of matter to travel through. These waves travel when molecules in the medium collide with each other passing on energy.

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