You have misplaced your cell phone, and you ask a friend to call you so you can hear its high-pitched, musical ring. Assuming the ringer is on and is loud enough to hear, what would tell your brain that the phone is somewhere directly to your right?
A) You hear the ring in your right ear but not in your left ear.
B) The ringer sounds slightly louder in your right ear than in your left ear.
C) The pitch of the ring sounds slightly higher in your right ear than in your left ear.
D) The bass notes of the ring are heard in your right ear but not in your left ear.

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The sound waves from the phone would reach the right ear before the left ear since the phone is on the right side of the person. This slight difference in timing would create a slight difference in loudness, allowing the brain to determine that the sound is coming from the right side. There would not be a difference in the pitch or bass notes due to the phone's ringtone.

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