Q. The waves produced by a motorboat sailing in water are

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Solution:

When the motor boat sails in water, the motor boat disturbs the surface of water forming bow raves on the surface of water. Actually these are transverse waves which are produced on the surface of water. But inside the water the longitudinal waves are produced due to vibration of the rudder.