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Question
Describe a simple experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of resonance and explain it.
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Solution
Mount two identical tuning forks A and B of same frequency upon two separate sound boxes such that their open ends face each other as shown.
If the prong A is struck on a rubber pad, it starts vibrating. On putting A on its sound box, tuning
fork B also starts vibrating and a loud sound is heard. The vibrations produced in B are due to
resonance.
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