alleryStart learning →What is the SI unit of the amplitude of a mechanical wave?
AHertz
BMetre
CSecond
DNewton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Metre
Amplitude is a largest displacement of a particle from rest, so it is a length measured in metres.
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