Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Diffraction

Diffraction — practice question

A student produces a sound at point $R$ close to a building. A second student at point $S$, standing around the corner of the building, can hear the sound. The building is a solid structure and there are no other structures in the vicinity. Which effect best explains why the student at point $S$ is able to hear the student at point $R$?

  • Adiffraction
  • Binterference
  • Cpolarisation
  • Dreflection

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