Sound waves travel at $350\,\, m/s$ through a warm air and at $3500\,\, m/s$ through brass. The wavelength of a $700\,\, Hz$ acoustic wave as it enters brass from warm air 
  • Adecrease by a factor $10$ 
  • Bincrease by a factor  $20 $ 
  • Cincrease by a factor  $10 $ 
  • Ddecrease by a factor $20$
AIPMT 2011, Medium
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