Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- The frequency of two tuning forks A and B are 1.5% more and 2.5% less than that of the tuning fork C. When A and B are sounded...
- A pipe open at one end has length 0.8 m. At the open end of the tube a string 0.5 m long is vibrating in its 1^ st overtone and...
- Two identical wires are vibrating in unison. If the tension in one of the wires is increased by 2%, five beats are produced per...
- Two progressive waves Y_1= 2 ( t 0.4 - x4 ) and Y_2= 2 ( t 0.4 + x4 ) superpose to form a standing wave x, Y_1 and Y_2 are in SI...
- In Melde's experiment, when the tension decreases by 0.009 kg-wt, the number of loops changes from 4 to 5. The initial tension is...
- Two identical progressive waves moving in opposite direction superimpose to produce a stationary wave. The wavelength of each...
- The air column in an organ pipe closed at one end is made to vibrate so that there are 2 nodes and antinodes each. The node of...
- In fundamental mode, the time required for the sound wave to reach upto to closed end of a pipe filled with air is 't' second....
- A sonometer wire resonates with a given tuning fork forming standing wave with 5 antinodes between two bridges when mass of 9 kg...
- Two wires of same material are vibrating under the same tension. If the first overtone of first wire is equal to the second...
- Two open organ pipes of fundamental frequencies n_1 and n_2 are joined in series. The fundamental frequency of the new pipe is...
- 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...
- At the poles, a stretched wire of a given length vibrates in unison with a tuning fork. At the equator, for same setting to...
- What should be the length of a closed pipe to produce resonance with sound wave of wavelength 62 cm, in fundamental mode? Neglect...
- The fundamental frequency of a sonometer wire is 50 Hz for some length and tension. If the length is increased by 25% keeping...
- Two progressive waves are travelling towards each other with velocity 50 m/s and frequency 200 Hz. The distance between two...
- A stationary sound has a frequency of 165 Hz. If the speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, then the distance between a node and the...
- A hollow pipe of length 0.8 m is closed at one end. At its open end a 0.5 m long uniform string is vibrating in its second...
- A wave travelling along x-axis is given by the equation y=0.005 ( x- t). If the wavelength and time period of the wave are 0.08 m...
- A pipe open at one end has length 0.8 m. At the open end of the tube a string 0.5 m long is vibrating in its first overtone and...
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