A sound source sends waves of $400 H z$ . It produces waves of wavelength $2.5 m$ . The velocity of sound waves is:

100 m/s

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1000 m/s

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10000 m/s

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3000 m/s

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Solution

The correct option is B
1000 m/s

Frequency is the number of times a wave oscillates per second and wavelength is distance between two consecutive compressions or rarefactions.
Velocity of wave (v) = frequency $\times$ wavelength
So, velocity (v) = 400 $\times$ 2.5
v = 1000 m/s

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