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O-LevelPhysicsWaves5054/11 · May/June 2016 · Q261 Mark

An intruder alarm is adjusted to give a quieter sound without affecting the pitch of the note. How are the amplitude and the frequency of the sound affected?

Alower, lower
Blower, same
Csame, lower
Dsame, same

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B: lower, same

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Waves, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 26.

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