Exam 17: Waves II

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A source emits sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz.Both it and an observer are moving in the same direction with the same speed, 100 m/s.If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, the observer hears sound with a frequency of:

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The sound intensity 5.0 m from point source is 0.50 W/m2.The power output of the source is:

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Beats in sound occur when:

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The bulk modulus of water is 2.2 x 109 Pa, and its density is 1.0 x 103 kg/m3.What is the speed of sound in water?

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The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s.The shortest air column, closed at one end, which will resonate to a 512 Hz tuning fork is approximately:

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When listening to tuning forks of frequency 256 Hz and 260 Hz, one hears the following number of beats per second:

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If the speed of sound is 340 m/s a plane flying at 400 m/s creates a conical shock wave with an apex half angle of:

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The longitudinal displacement of a mass element in a medium as a sound wave passes through it is given by s = sm cos (kx - ωt).Consider a sound wave of frequency 440 Hz and wavelength 0.75m.If sm = 12 µm, how long does it take an element of air to move from a displacement of 12 µm to a displacement of 0 µm?

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The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, and the density of air is 1.2 kg/m3.If the displacement amplitude of a 440-Hz sound wave is 10 µm, what is its pressure-variation amplitude?

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Five organ pipes are described below.Which one has the highest fundamental frequency?

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The rise in pitch of an approaching siren is an apparent increase in its:

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The Doppler shift formula for the frequency detected is where f ' is the frequency emitted, v is the speed of sound, vD is the speed of the detector, and vs is the speed of the source.Suppose the source is traveling at 5 m/s away from the detector, the detector is traveling at 7 m/s toward the source, and there is a 3 m/s wind blowing from the source toward the detector.The values that should be substituted into the Doppler shift equation are:

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To produce beats it is necessary to use two waves:

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The largest number of beats per second will be heard from which pair of tuning forks?

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In order for two sound waves to produce audible beats, it is essential that the two waves have:

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A source emits sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz.It is moving at 20 m/s toward a stationary reflecting wall.If the speed of sound is 340 m/s an observer at rest directly behind the source hears a beat frequency of:

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A plane produces a sonic boom only when:

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The longitudinal displacement of a mass element in a medium as a sound wave passes through it is given by s = sm cos (kx - ωt).Consider a sound wave of frequency 440 Hz and wavelength 0.75m.If sm = 12 µm, what is the displacement of an element of air located at x = 1.2 m at time t = 0.11 s?

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Two stationary tuning forks (350 and 352 Hz)are struck simultaneously.The resulting sound is observed to:

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An organ pipe with both ends open is 0.85 m long.Assuming that the speed of sound is 340 m/s, the frequency of the third harmonic of this pipe is:

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