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A bat can detect small objects, such as an insect, whose size is approximately equal to one wavelength of the sound the bat makes. If bats emit a chirp at a frequency of 5.89 104 Hz, and if the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, what is the smallest insect a bat can detect?

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