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When constructive interference happens between two sound waves, the sound will get louder. What does this tell you about the relationship between amplitude and volume of sound?​

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If the amplitude increases the volume increases and vice versa.So therefor the volume depends on how high or low the amplitude is.

When two or more sound waves occupy the same space, they affect one another. The waves do not bounce off of each, but they move through each other. The resulting wave depends on how the waves line up.

With constructive interference, two waves with the same frequency and amplitude line up – the peaks line up with peaks and troughs with troughs as in diagram A above. The result is a wave that has twice the amplitude of the original waves so the sound wave will be twice as loud.

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