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Ultrasonic waves of frequency 3 x 105 Hz are passed through a medium where speed of sound is 10 times that in air (Speed of sound in air is 300 m/s). The wavelength of this wave in that medium will be of the order of

A

1 cm

B

10 cm

C

100 cm

D

0.1 cm

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