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A harmonic wave in a wire has amplitude A = 7.6 mm, wavelength λ = 0.679 m and frequency f = 543 Hz. What is the propagation speed of the wave? Answer in units of m/s. The wire has linear mass density of 5.04 g/m. Determine the wire’s tension. Answer in units of N.
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A harmonic wave is traveling along a rope. It is observed that the oscillator that gener- ates the wave completes 44.9 in 30.4 s. Also, a given maximum travels 436 cm along the rope in 9.4 s. What is the wavelength? Answer in units of cm
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When a particular wire is vibrating with a frequency of 5.3 Hz, a transverse wave of wavelength 69.3 cm is produced. Determine the speed of wave pulses along the wire. Answer in units of m/s.
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The time needed for a water wave to change from the equilibrium level to the crest is 0.4185 s. What fraction of a wavelength is this? What is the period of the wave? Answer in units of s. What is the frequency of the wave? Answer in units of Hz.
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Beth, a construction worker, attempts to pull a stake out of the ground by pulling on a rope that is attached to the stake. The rope makes an angle of 60.9 ◦ with the horizontal. If Beth exerts a force of 116 N on the rope, what is the magnitude of the upward component o...
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A gazelle is running in a straight line (the x-axis). The graph in the figure (Figure 1) shows this animal's velocity as a function of time. During the first 12.0 , find the total distance moved
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A variable-length air column is placed just below a vibrating wire that is fixed at the both ends. The length of air column open at one end is gradually increased from zero until the first position of resonance is observed at 20 cm. The wire is 115.4 cm long and is vibrating i...
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A length of organ pipe is closed at one end. If the speed of sound is 344 m/s, what length of pipe is needed to obtain a funda- mental frequency of 70 Hz? Answer in units of m.
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The length of a string is 344 cm. The string is held fixed at each end. The string vibrates in two sections; i.e., the string has two antin- odes, and the string vibrates at 130 Hz. Find the wavelength. Answer in units of m. What is the fundamental frequency? Answer in units o...
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To demonstrate standing waves, one end of a string is attached to a tuning fork with frequency 120 Hz. The other end of the string passes over a pulley and is connected to a suspended mass M, as shown. The value of M is such that the standing wave pattern has eight loops “...
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