Answer:
the pressure fluctuation is LONGITUDINAL
Explanation:
Sound waves are an oscillating movement of air particles, this can be analyzed in two different, but equivalent ways, as an air oscillation and with a pressure wave due to these oscillations.
The expression for the wave is
ΔP = Δo sin (kx - wt)
Therefore, the pressure variation is in the same direction as the displacement variation, consequently the pressure fluctuation is LONGITUDINAL