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A string of length 2L, obeying Hooke's law, is stretched so that its extension is L. The speed of the transverse wave travelling on the string is v. If the string is further stretched so that the extension in the string becomes 4L. The speed of transverse wave travelling on the string will be

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Important Questions on Travelling Waves

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Consider a wave represented by y=acos2(ωt-kx) where symbols have their usual meanings. This wave has
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The graph shows a wave at t=0 travelling to the right with a velocity of 4 m/s. The equation that best represents the wave is

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The figure below is a representation of a simple harmonic progressive wave, progressing in the negative X-axis, at a given instant. The direction of the velocity of the particle at stage P in the figure is best represented by the arrow.

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A wave motion has the function y=a0sinωt-kx. The graph in figure shows how the displacement y at a fixed point varies with time t. Which one of the labelled points shows a displacement equal to that at the position x=π2k at time t=0

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A sinusoidal wave travelling in the positive direction on stretched string has amplitude 20 cm, wavelength 1.0 m and wave velocity 5.0 m/s. At x=0 and t=0 it is given that y=0 and y/t<0. Find the wave function y(x, t).
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For the wave shown in figure, write the equation of this wave if its position is shown at t=0 . Speed of wave is v=300 m/s

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A circular loop of rope of length L rotates with uniform angular velocity ω about an axis through its centre on a horizontal smooth platform. The velocity of pulse (with respect to rope) produced due to slight radial displacement is given by

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If the motion of the pulse and rotation of the loop, both are in same direction then the velocity of the pulse w.r.t. to ground will be:
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A circular loop of rope of length L rotates with uniform angular velocity ω about an axis through its centre on a horizontal smooth platform. The velocity of pulse (with respect to rope) produced due to slight radial displacement is given by

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 If both are in opposite direction, then the velocity of the pulse w.r.t. to ground will be: