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Suppose that speaker A in Fig. 16.23 emits a sinusoidal sound wave of frequency 500 Hz and speaker B emits a sinusoidal sound wave of frequency 1000 Hz. What sort of interference will there be between these two waves? (i) Constructive interference at various points, including point P, and destructive interference at various other points; (ii) destructive interference at various points, including point P, and constructive interference at various points; (iii) neither (i) nor (ii).
16.23 What sort of interference occurs at P?
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