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WAEC Physics 2022 Objective — Question 15

Question 15 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Physics 2022 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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The periodic rise and fall in the intensity of sound produced when two notes of nearly equal frequencies are sounded together is called

  • A. doppler effect
  • B. beatCorrect
  • C. interference
  • D. resonance

Explanation

This phenomenon — periodic rise and fall in the intensity of sound from two notes of nearly equal frequency — is called a beat.

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