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Question
Which of the following vibrates when a musical note is produced by the cymbals in an orchestra?
Options
stretched strings
stretched membranes
metal plates
air columns
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Solution
The metal plates vibrate when a musical note is produced by the cymbals.
(c) Metal plates.
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