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Question
Draw labelled diagrams to represent (a) soft sound, and (b) loud sound, of the same frequency.
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Solution
On the basis of loudness, sound is classified into two types:
Soft sound: It has smaller amplitude and thus this type of sound has lesser loudness.
Loud sound: It has higher amplitude and thus this type of sound has greater loudness.
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