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  2. Explain why (or how): In a sound wave, a displacement node is a pressu...

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  3. Explain why (or how): Bats can ascertain distances, directions, nature...

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  4. Explain why (or how): A violin note and sitar note may have the same f...

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  5. Explain why (or how): Solids can support both longitudinal and transve...

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  6. Explain why (or how): The shape of a pulse gets distorted during propa...

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  7. A train,standing at the outersignal of a railway station blows a whist...

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  8. A train,standing at the outersignal of a railway station blows a whist...

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  9. .A train,standing at the outersignal of a railway station blows a whis...

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  10. A train, standing in a station-yard, blows a whistle of frequency 400 ...

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  11. A travelling harmonic wave on a string is described by y(x, t)= 7.5 si...

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  12. A travelling harmonic wave on a string is described by y(x, t)= 7.5 si...

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  13. A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent a...

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  14. A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent a...

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  15. A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent a...

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  16. A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent a...

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  17. One end of a long string of linear mass density 8.0 xx 10^-3 kg m^-1 i...

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  18. A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operates at a frequency 40.0 kHz. ...

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  19. Earthquakes generate sound waves inside the earth. Unlike a gas, the e...

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  20. A bat is flitting about in a cave, navigating via ultrasonic beeps. As...

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