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GEMS 151
Science and Technology of Everyday Life
Hope College

Use this as a coversheet for your lab writeup. Please do not turn in all of the instructions. Please do not squeeze your answers into the spaces between the questions. Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.



  1. Explain how magnetic tape reproduces sound in a tape recorder.
  2. Explain how the adapter is able to reproduce sound. Relate this to the function of the tape.
  3. Try you adapter with a CD player and cassette player outside of the laboratory. Describe your results. Did the adapter work?

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