Four students make the following statements about sound travelling in air

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Problem

Four students make the following statements about sound travelling in air. Identify the incorrect statement. (a) The displacement of air molecules and the pressure variation in a plane sound wave are 90∘90^{\circ} out of phase. (b) Each air molecule travels one full wavelength along the tube in each time period. (c) The distance between a compression and the next rarefaction in air is λ2\dfrac{\lambda}{2}. (d) The speed of sound in air increases with rise in temperature.

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