Beats

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Beats: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Beats in Waves & Resultant Beat Equation etc.

Important Questions on Beats

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Two sources of sound placed close to each other, are emitting progressive waves given by

y1 = 4sin600πt and  y2= 5sin608πt.
An observer located near these two sources of sound will hear,

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A tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz is vibrated with a sonometer wire, and 6 beats per second are heard. The beat frequency reduces if the tension in the string is slightly increased. The original frequency of vibration of the string is

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A tuning fork vibrates with frequency 256 Hz and gives one beat per second with the third normal mode of vibration of an open pipe. What is the length of the pipe? (speed of sound in air is 340 m s-1)

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If two tuning forks A B give 4 beats sec-1 with each other, on loading A with wax, 2 beats sec-1 are given. If frequency of A is 256 Hz, then frequency of B is 

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There is a source of sound (a tuning fork) moving towards a reflecting wall with a speed of 30 m s-1. The velocity of the sound in air is 330 m s-1 and the frequency of the tuning fork is 600 Hz. The observer is between the source and the wall and is moving with some velocity V1 towards the wall. The beat frequency heard by the observer is 4 Hz. If the tuning fork is waxed, the frequency beats heard by the observer becomes 3 Hz. If the new frequency of tuning fork is k then k50 is

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Two tuning forks, A and B produce notes of frequencies 258 Hz and 262 Hz. An unknown note sounded with A produces certain beats. When the same note is sounded with B, the beat frequency gets doubled, The unknown frequency is

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A closed organ pipe and an open organ pipe of same length produce 2 beats s-1 while vibrating in their fundamental modes. The length of the open organ pipe is halved and that of closed pipe is doubled. Then, the number of beats produced per second while vibrating in the fundamental mode is

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Two tuning forks have frequencies 450 Hz and 454 Hz respectively. On sounding these forks together, the time interval between two successive maximum intensities will be _____.

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Two waves each of loudness L superimpose to produce beats. The maximum loudness of beats will be

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Two whistles A and B have frequencies 660 Hz and 590 Hz, respectively. An observer is standing in the middle of the line joining the two sources. Source B and observer are moving towards the right with velocity 30 m s-1 and A is standing to the left side. If the velocity of sound in air is 300 m s-1. The number of beats per second listened by the observer are,

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A closed organ pipe and an open organ pipe of same length produce 2 beats s-1 while vibrating in their fundamental modes. The length of the open organ pipe is halved and that of closed pipe is doubled. Then, the number of beats produced per second while vibrating in the fundamental mode is

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Two tuning forks, A and B produce notes of frequencies 258 Hz and 262 Hz. An unknown note sounded with A produces certain beats. When the same note is sounded with B, the beat frequency gets doubled, The unknown frequency is

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An organ pipe, open from both ends produces 5 beats per second when vibrated with a source of frequency 200 Hz in its fundamental mode. The second harmonic of the same pipe produces 10 beats per second with a source of frequency 420 Hz. The fundamental frequency of pipe is

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Two closed pipes produce 10 beats per second when emitting their fundamental nodes. If their lengths are in the ratio of 25: 26. Then, their fundamental frequency in Hz, are

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The frequency of tuning forks A and B are respectively 3% more and 2% less than the frequency of tuning fork C. When A and B are simultaneously excited 5 beats per second are produced. Then the frequency of the tuning fork A (in Hz) is,

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When two tuning forks A and B are sounded together, x beat per second are heard. Frequency of A is n. Now, when one prong of fork B is loaded with a little wax, the number of beats decreases. The frequency of fork B is

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A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz produces 10 beats per second, when sounded with a vibrating sonometer string. What must be frequency of the string, if a slight increase in tension produces more beats per second than before?

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An accurate and reliable audio oscillator is used to standardise a tuning fork. When the oscillator reading is 514, two beats are heard per second. When the oscillator reading is 510, the beat frequency is 6 Hz. The frequency of the tuning fork (in Hz) is,

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Two sound waves of length 1 m and 1.01 m in a gas produce 10 beats in 3 s. The velocity of sound in gas is,

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Two identical string instruments have frequency of 100 Hz. If tension in one of them increases by 4% and they are sounded together, then the number of beats in 1 second is,