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Wave Optics
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Give reasons for the following:
Audio signals, converted into an em wave, are not directly transmitted as such.

Answer

An electromagnetic wave, of audio signal frequency, will have a very high wavelength. It would therefore, need an antenna, whose size is practically unattainable. Thus, these signals are not transmitted diractly as such. 

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