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The maximum pressure variation that the human ear can tolerate in loud sound is about 30 N/m2. Find the corresponding maximum displacement for a sound wave in air having a frequency of `10^3` Hz : (take velocity of sound in air as 300 m/s and density of air `1.5kg//m^3`)

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nearly `10^(-5) m`
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