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A student moves the end of a compressed coiled spring up and down to demonstrate wave motion. She then moves the compressed coiled spring faster but keeps everything else the same. Which characteristic will increase?(1 point)
Responses

frequency
frequency

wavelength
wavelength

amplitude
amplitude

crest

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
frequency

Moving the end up and down faster increases the number of oscillations per second (frequency). Amplitude is unchanged if she keeps the motion size the same; wavelength would change only if the wave speed changed.