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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

wavelength
wavelength

amplitude
amplitude

crest
crest

frequency

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
frequency

Moving the end faster increases the number of oscillations per second (cycles/time), so the wave's frequency goes up.