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Why are musical instruments like the guitar provided with a hollow box?

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Musical instruments like guitar are provided with a hollow box so that when the strings are set into vibration, forces vibrations are produced in box. Since the box has a large area, it sets a large volume of air into vibration which produces a loud sound of same frequency as that of the string

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