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Situation: I hear a fog horn across a lake, and it seems like the lower frequencies are either louder or travel farther. What property of the lower frequency waves causes this phenomenon? This also seems to happen when overhearing a radio that a neighbor may be playing outside. The lower frequencies are audible, but the higher frequencies are not as audible. If they are both coming out of the same radio with the same volume level, shouldn't they both be equally audible?
Re: Why do low frequency waves seem to travel farther than high frequency waves
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