Two whistles and emit steady notes of frequencies and respectively

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Problem

Two whistles S1\text{S}_1 and S2\text{S}_2 emit steady notes of frequencies 420 Hz420\,\text{Hz} and 432 Hz432\,\text{Hz} respectively. At t=0t=0, the sound at a listener’s position is a maximum. (i) Calculate the total number of loud maxima the listener hears in the time interval from t=0t=0 to t=7.5 st=7.5\,\text{s}. (ii) Determine the earliest instant after t=0t=0 at which the listener will hear the first minimum. (iii) Find the exact time at which the fifth maximum after t=0t=0 is heard.

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