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The distance between a compression and its next rarefaction, in a sound wave of wavelength λ, will be:


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λ2

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λ4

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λ8

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λ16

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Solution

The correct option is A

λ2


The distance between two consecutive compressions or rarefactions is called wavelength. It is denoted by symbol λ. The distance between a compression and the next rarefaction will be half of that distance, i.e. λ2.


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