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Suppose a flutist plays a 523-Hz C note with first harmonic displacement amplitude A1 = 100 nm. From Figure 17.21b read, by proportion, the displacement amplitudes of harmonics 2 through 7. Take these as the values, A2 through A7 in the Fourier analysis of the sound and assume
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