You have a frustrating day and just feel like screaming; you grab a pillow to scream into it. Which interaction of sound would take place here, (reflection, refraction or absorption), and how did the sound waves move?

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anonymous · Answer

@Abhisar

anonymous · Answer

i know the interaction would be absorption, but how would the sound waves move?

abhisar · Answer

Here, http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/sprop.html

abhisar · Answer

You getting it?

anonymous · Answer

sorry for using up a lot of your time, im just not really getting it

abhisar · Answer

That's fine. Let me put in other way.

Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure which propagates through compressible media.

anonymous · Answer

ok

abhisar · Answer

Is that too complex for you? (asking in a good way)

anonymous · Answer

a little ):

abhisar · Answer

Ok, look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs_hNEsAnIM