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A person is listening to a tone of 500 Hz sitting at a distance of 450 m from the source of the sound. What is the time interval between successive compressions from the sources?

Given,

Frequency, f = 500 Hz


Time period, T =


=


= 0.002 s


Therefore, the time interval between successive compressions from the source of sound is equal to the time-period of sound waves.

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