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The sound waves reflected from rarer medium. A) Particle velocity changes B) Wave velocity changes C) Compression is reflected as rarefaction D) Change of phase of between incident and reflected waves Which of the above statements are correct?

Answer: (C)

Solution

At a rarer boundary there is no phase change (D false) and the particle velocity is not reversed (A false), while the wave velocity reverses

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