Answer to Question #2282 in Mechanics | Relativity for mitchie

Question

Many children are lined up at an ice cream stand. If the child at the back pushes the child in front of him, and she in turn pushes the child in front of her, and so on, will they create a transverse or longitudinal wave in the line? Explain.

Answer 1

It would be longitudinal wave. The children "oscillate" along the propagation of the wave.