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This diagram models a sound wave from a car horn hitting a wall. According to the model, which statement best describes what happens to the sound energy when the sound wave hits the wall?

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When sound wave hits the wall , some portion of the sound is reflected back to air which is converted into heat energy and

lost in the atmosphere and some of its transmitted through the walls.

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