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Sound is more clearly heard with the wind How?

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If the wind blows from the source to the listener, the velocity of the wind is added to that of the sound. The upper layer of air possesses a greater velocity of sound than that in the lower layers. The result is that the wavefront turn downwards and the sound rays curl down. A listener (O) on the ground thus has a better chance of hearing
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-SOUND WAVES AND DOPPLER EFFECT-Exercise 6.1
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  4. Seven grams of nitrogen is mixed with 12 g of oxygen in a tube and the...

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  6. If the sound level in a room is increased from 50 dB to 60 dB, by what...

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  7. Do displacement, particle velocity and pressure variation in a longitu...

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  9. What experimental evidence can be cited to show that the speed of soun...

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  10. Explain why the speed of sound through a gas cannot be greater than th...

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  11. Sound is more clearly heard with the wind How?

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