With respect to the image given below of a sound wave propagating through air, identify the regions which correspond to rarefaction.

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Solution

The correct options are
A A
C C
Rarefactions are the regions where density of particles is lower than the mean density. As we can see, in regions marked A and C, particles are spread far apart and correspond to rarefaction regions.

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