Which physical quantity can be directly measured from the horizontal distance between…

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Which physical quantity can be directly measured from the horizontal distance between two successive compressions on a displacement–position graph of a sound wave at a fixed instant? (a) 2×Amplitude2\times\text{Amplitude} (b) Wavelength (c) Amplitude (d) Wavelength2\dfrac{\text{Wavelength}}{2}

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