Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- An open organ pipe is closed suddenly with the result that the second overtone of the closed pipe is found to be higher in...
- Tube A has both ends open while tube B has one end closed. Otherwise they are identical. Their fundamental frequencies are in the...
- A fork of unknown frequency gives four beats s^ -1 when sounded with another of frequency 256. The fork is now loaded with a...
- Beats are produced by frequencies _1 and _2 ( _1> _2). The duration of time between two successive maximum or minima is equal to
- A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz produces 10 beat s^ -1 when sounded with a vibrating sonometer string. What must have been the...
- Two strings A and B are slightly out tune and produces beats of frequency 5 Hz. Increasing the tension in B reduces the beat...
- Two tuning forks A and B produce notes of frequencies 258 Hz and 262 Hz. An unknown note sounded with A produces certain beats....
- A source of sound gives 5 beats s^ -1 when sounded with another source of frequency 100 Hz. The second harmonic of the source...
- When 2 tuning forks (fork 1 and fork 2) are sounded simultaneously, 4 beats s^ -1 are heard. Now, some tape is attached on the...
- Two sound sources emitting sound each of wavelength are fixed at a given distance apart. A listener moves with a velocity u along...
- A source of sound of frequency 256 Hz is moving towards a wall with a velocity of 5 m ,s^ -1 . Velocity of sound is 330 m ,s^ -1...
- A bus is moving with a velocity of 5 m ,s^ -1 towards a huge wall. The driver sounds a horn of frequency 165 Hz. If the speed of...
- The lengths of two organ pipes open at both ends are L and L + d. If they are sounded together, then the beat frequency will be
- Two waves y_1 = 0.25 316t and y_2 = 0.25 310t are propagating along the same direction. The number of beats produced per second...
- Two identical strings of length l and 2l vibrate with fundamental frequencies N Hz and 1.5N Hz, respectively. The ratio of...
- When open pipe is closed from one end, third overtone of closed pipe is higher in frequency by 150 Hz, then second overtone of...
- A sonometer wire under suitable tension having specific gravity , vibrates with frequency n in air. If the load is completely...
- An open organ pipe and a closed organ pipe have the frequency of their first overtone identical. The ratio of length of open pipe...
- When tension T is applied to a sonometer wire of length l, it vibrates with the fundamental frequency n. Keeping the experimental...
- A tuning fork A produces 5 beats per second with a tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz. When a little wax is stuck to a prong of fork...
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