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BIO Mosquito Courtship Male mosquitoes in the mood for mating find female mosquiloes of their own species by listening for the characteristic “buzzing” frequency of the female’s wing beats. This frequency is about 605 wing beats per second. (a) How many wing beats occur in one minute? (b) How many cycles of oscillation does the radiaton from a cesium-133 atcm complete during one mosquito wing beat?
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