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Consider the following statements: 1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of lower 2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of longitudinal elastic waves Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q: Answer-Consider the following statements: 1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of lower 2. Sound tra...

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. A flute of smaller length produces waves of higher frequency. Sound waves travels through medium even through extremely dense medium like rocks in the form of longitudinal waves only. A good example is the shock wave from an Earthquake, which can be heard hundreds of miles away from the epicenter after travelling through rocks in the ground.