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Think critically vibrations cause sounds yet if you move your hand back and forth you don’t hear a sound
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can not move your hand fast enough
, the lowest frequency sound is about 20 cycles per second, if you could move your hand that fast, you might hear sound.
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Moving your hand back and forth does not go fast enough to move the air particles fast enough to cause sound waves.
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