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Transcribed Image Text:A speaker has a diameter of 0.437 m. (a) Assuming that the speed of sound is 343 m/s, find the diffraction angle e for a 1.64-kHz
tone. (b) What speaker diameter D should be used to generate a 4.03-kHz tone whose diffraction angle is as wide as that for the
1.64-kHz tone in part (a)?
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