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A person has a hearing range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. What are the typical wavelengths of sound waves in air corresponding to these two frequencies ? Take the speed of sound in air as `344 m " s "^(-1)`.

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`V = lamda " "V=flamda `
`344=20xxlamda" " 344=2000xxlamda`
`344/20 = lamda" " lamda=344/2000`
`17 m = lamda " " lamda=0.017 M`
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