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Look at the picture given below. This mu...

Look at the picture given below. This musical instrument is called a xylophone

Why do you think a xylophone is made of rods of decreasing lengths ? Which of the rods of the xylophone shown in the picture do you think will have the highest pitch ? Why ?

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A xylophone is made of rods of decreasing lengths to get the sound of different pitches.
The shortest rod of xylophone has the high-est pitch as the pitch inversely depends on the length of the rod.
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