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प्रश्न
Explain a person walking past a railway line, in the middle of night hears a ringing sound along with the sound of his footsteps.
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उत्तर
When the vibrations produced by the feet of the person are impressed on the rails, they vibrate with forced vibrations, thereby producing a loud sound.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Define the Resonance phenomenon?
How does the medium affect the amplitude of free/natural vibrations of a body?
Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the figure give below. Pendulum C is made to oscullate by displaying it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating.

(i) Name the type of oscillation, C will execute.
(ii) Name the type of oscillation, D will execute.
(iii) If the length of D is made equal to C then what difference will you notice in the oscillations of D ?
(iv) What is the name of the phenomenon when the length of D is made equal to C ?
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Free and forced vibrations.
What do you mean by resonance? When does resonance occur?
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