University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 1211: Q36.9

Answer

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Work Step by Step

A speaker that is narrower will have a broader central maximum, so a speaker that is taller than it is wide will more uniformly spread sound waves left to right. If the audience is seated at different elevations, one would want the sound to be spread uniformly in both the vertical and horizontal planes, so a speaker that is more square would probably work better.
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