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Earn 100

Two identical loudspeakers are driven in phase by a common oscillator at 800 Hz and face each other at a distance of 1.25 m. Locate the points along the line joining the two speakers where relative minima of sound pressure amplitude would be expected. (Use v=343 m/s.)

Important Questions on Superposition and Standing Waves

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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=0.250 cm

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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=0.500 cm

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Physics
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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=1.50 cm.

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Physics
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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

Find the three smallest values of x corresponding to antinodes.

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Physics
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A standing wave set up in a medium, the equation of wave is given by y=4cosπx3sin40πt where x and y are in cm and t in sec. Find the amplitude and the velocity of the two component waves.
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Physics
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A standing wave set up in a medium, the equation of wave is given by y=4cosπx3sin40πt where x and y are in cm and t in sec. Find the distance between adjacent nodes.
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A standing wave set up in a medium, the equation of wave is given by y=4cosπx3sin40πt where x and y are in cm and t in sec. Find the the velocity of a medium particle at x=3 cm at time 1/8 s ?
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A string vibrates in its first normal mode with a frequency of 220 vibrations s-1. The vibrating segment is 70.0 cm long and has a mass of 1.20 g.
(a) Find the tension in the string.
(b) Determine the frequency of vibration, when the string vibrates in three segments.