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Which one of the following scenarios accurately describes a condition in which resonance can occur?

A. A vibrating tuning fork is struck and begins to vibrate as the object used to strike it is placed away from the tuning fork.

B. A person is holding a tuning fork on one end of a football field and another person is holding a separate tuning fork on the opposite end of the field.

C. A column of air has a height equal to 1⁄8 of the wavelength of the sound waves produced by a tuning fork vibrating over the column of air in an open pipe that's partially immersed in water.

D. A pipe's length is equal to 1⁄2 of the wavelength of the sound waves produced by a tuning fork vibrating over one end of the pipe that's open to the air at both ends.

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The scenario that accurately describes a condition in which resonance can occur is A pipe's length is equal to 1⁄2 of the wavelength of the sound waves produced by a tuning fork vibrating over one end of the pipe that's open to the air at both ends. The answer is letter D.
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