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Chapter 17, Problem 4P
Why is the following situation impossible? Two identical loudspeakers are driven by the same oscillator at frequency 200 Hz. They are located on the ground a distance d = 4.00 m from each other. Starting far from the speakers, a man walks straight toward the right-hand speaker as shown in Figure P17.4. After passing through three minima in sound intensity, he walks to the next maximum and stops. Ignore any sound reflection from the ground.
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