Think critically vibrations cause sounds yet if you move your hand back and forth you don't hear a sound

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Paris Winters

Physics

8 May, 17:19

Think critically vibrations cause sounds yet if you move your hand back and forth you don't hear a sound

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Atticus Herring · Answer 1

You can not move your hand fast enough, the lowest frequency sound is about 20 cycles per second, if you could move your hand that fast, you might hear sound.

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Gideon Davies · Answer 2

Moving your hand back and forth does not go fast enough to move the air particles fast enough to cause sound waves.