Can you hear the sound produced due to vibrations of a seconds' pendulum ? Give reason.

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No, we cannot hear the sound produced due to vibrations of a seconds pendulum because the frequency of the sound produced due to vibrations of a seconds pendulum is 0.5 Hz which is infrasonic and humans can hear sound in sonic range (frequency range 20 Hz to 20K Hz)

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