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A sound source moving faster than the speed of sound produces which effect?
AA beat
BA node
CA sonic boom
DAn echo only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A sonic boom
Past the speed of sound the emitter outruns its own waves, which pile into a shock wave heard as a sonic boom.
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