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Damping with backing absorbs energy and suppresses ringing of the transducer after the drive pulse. This makes the acoustic pulse die away much faster, so the time-domain pulse is shorter. A shorter pulse in time corresponds to a broader range of frequencies in the spectrum, so the bandwidth increases. If damping were weak, the pulse would linger longer and the spectrum would be narrower. So the option describing a shortened pulse with a broadened bandwidth captures the true effect of backing material. The other statements would imply longer pulses, narrower bandwidth, or no change, which don’t reflect how damping shapes the pulse.