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When a tuning fork is striked using a rubber prong, the compressions and rarefactions in the sound wave correspond to

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High pressure and low pressure regions
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Low pressure and high pressure regions
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Both are high density regions
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Both are low density regions
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Solution

The correct option is A High pressure and low pressure regions
Sound being a longitudinal wave show areas of compression and rarefaction : compressions are regions of high pressure due to particles being close together. rarefactions are regions of low pressure due to particles being spread further apart.

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