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Question
Displacement distance graph of two sound waves A and B, travelling in a medium, are as shown in the diagram below.
Study the two sound waves and compare their:
1) Amplitudes
2) Wavelengths
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Solution
For the sound wave, 'B' amplitude is half of the amplitude of 'A' similarly wavelength of 'B' is double of the wavelength of 'A'.
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