MEDIUM
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Earn 100

Distinguish between particle-velocity and wave-velocity.

Important Questions on Waves

MEDIUM
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How is the velocity of sound in gaseous medium affected by pressure and temperature of the gas ?

HARD
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Show that for constant temperature, v1v2=M2M1  where v1 is the speed of sound in a gas of molecular weight M1 and v2 that of the gas having molecular weight M2.

MEDIUM
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Why is Laplace's correction necessary in Newton's formula for the velocity of sound waves in air ? What is this correction ?

HARD
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What is resonant air column ? How would you determine the velocity of sound with its help ? What is end correction ? How can it be avoided ?
HARD
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A vibrating tuning-fork (say, of frequency 256 Hz) is held at the open end of a jar (100 cm long) and water is slowly poured into the jar. What will happen ? How will you determine the velocity of sound with its help ?
EASY
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What is Doppler Effect? Obtain an expression for the apparent pitch of the sound heard by the listener when the listener is at rest and source of sound is moving towards the listener.?
MEDIUM
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Prove that the Doppler effect is greater when the source approaches the observer than when the observer approaches the source with the same speed ?
HARD
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Show that if the source moves away with the velocity of sound from an observer, who is at rest, the frequency of vibration is halved.