Answer
Compressions and rarefactions both travel in the same direction.
Work Step by Step
These disturbances travel in the same direction that the wave does.
This is discussed on page 377, and shown in Figure 20.1.
Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
by Hewitt, Paul G.
Published by
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10:
0321909100
ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 20 - Reading Check Questions (Comprehension) - Page 388: 8
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