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Waves are disturbances that propagate through space and time. Classically, they travelled through a medium, disturbing the particles but not changing their mean position. Electromagnetic waves/particle-waves need no medium; they are disturbances in their respective fields.
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Is it possible for a harmonic to be louder than the fundamental frequency?
Using most sound equations, it is quite clear that increasing frequency decreases amplitude, but is there any example where this is not true?
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Why would a decreased length mean a higher frequency of sound?
This is in terms of the Water Bottle Lab: adding water (effectively decreasing length) to a bottle and finding its fundamental frequency at different lengths/amounts of water.
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