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A guitar string is plucked. What best describes the formation and transmission of the sound wave?

The string vibrates the surrounding air, which produces a transverse wave.
The string vibrates the surrounding air, which produces a longitudinal wave.
The string produces a longitudinal wave that travels without a medium.
The string produces a transverse wave that travels without a medium.

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The string vibrates the surrounding air, which produces a longitudinal wave.

Explanation: the plucked string moves transversely, but it pushes on air molecules creating compressions and rarefactions that travel as longitudinal (pressure) waves through the air. Sound requires a medium to propagate.