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प्रश्न
A vibrating tuning fork is placed over the mouth of a burette filled with water. The tap is opened and the water level gradually falls. It is observed that the sound becomes the loudest for a particular length of the air column. What is the name of the phenomenon taking place when this happens? Why does the sound become the loudest?
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उत्तर
Resonance in the air column. The frequency of vibrating tuning fork becomes equal to the frequency of vibrating air column. As a result, the amplitude of the sound produced increases. Since loudness is proportional to the square of the amplitude, so the sound is loudest.
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