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The lowest pitch detectable as sound by an average human ear corresponds to 20hz and the highest to 20000hz .what is the wavelength of each in air? Take the velocity 330 ms /s

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The formula to find wavelength is velocity upon frequency. So after we move through this formula for 20 Hz wavelength would be 16.5 metres and for 20,000 Hz wavelength would be 0.0165m

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