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Chapter 16, Problem 3Q

Children sometimes play with a homemade “telephone” by attaching a string to the bottoms of two paper cups. When the string is stretched and a child speaks into one cup, the sound can be heard at the other cup (Fig. 16–28). Explain clearly how the sound wave travels from one cup to the other.

Chapter 16, Problem 3Q, Children sometimes play with a homemade telephone byattaching a string to the bottoms of two paper

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