Question

Water waves produced by a motorboat sailing in water are(a) neither longitudinal nor transverse(b) both longitudinal and transverse(c) only longitudinal(d) only transverse

Answer 1

longitudinal only is your answer mate

Answer 2

Water waves produced by a motorboat sailing on the surface of deep water are both longitudinal and transverse because the waves, produce transverse as well as lateral vibrations in the particles of the medium. The water molecules at the surface move up and down; and back and forth simultaneously describing nearly circular paths .