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Imagine a Rip van Winkle type who lives in the mountains. Just before going to sleep, he yells, "WAKE UP", and the sound echoes
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a man drops a stone in a well and hears the sound of the stone hitting the water after 4 sec calculate the depth of the well (
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meera
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Which of the following affects the speed of sound?
A. The amplitude of the wave. B. The frequency of the wave. C. The phase of
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Callie
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A student performs an experiment by ringing a bell in the air and in a pool and measuring the time it takes for a friend to hear
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mr.bean
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How do sound waves travel between a boat and a submarine in sonar technology?
A. Because of water particles. B. Because of water
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Anonymous
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Sound travels through a guitar string at 600 miles MS, making a sound wave in the air with a speed of 333 MS and one to two
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Trisha Holleman
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5. What the energy of a sound wave is transferred to a particle of the medium and causes it to vibrate and generate heat, the
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anonymous
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Playing middle C on the piano keyboard produces a sound with a frequency of 256 Hz. Assuming the speed of sound in air is 345
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During a baseball game, the sound of the bat hitting the ball can be heard in most parts of the stadium. That sound is weaker at
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1. A stone is dropped from rest into a well. The sound of the splash is heard exactly 1.50 s later. Find the depth of the well
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Chris Adison
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The pitch of the siren of a moving fire truck changes from high to low as the fire truck passes by. What property of a sound
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jeje
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A rule of thumb for estimating the distance in kilometers between an observer and a lightning stroke is to divide the number of
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Tyrone
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Can someone tell me how to get the answer to this question? Just a formula would be great. It's on my physics study guide for my
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Diana
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A guitar string is struck and found have a frequency of 2048Hz. If both tension and length are doubled, what is the new
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Tam
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I am not too sure if my answers are correct. Here are the questions:
1. A student standing near a brick wall claps her hands and
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Liz
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A person is initially 8 m from a point sound source which emits energy uniformly in all direction at a constant rate. If the
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Ariana
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A tuning fork is set into vibration above a vertical open tube filled with water. The water level is allowed to drop slowly. As
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sarah
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What's the shortest air column , closed at one end, that will resonate at a frequency of 440.0Hz when the speed of sound is 352
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Melissa
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How much time is required for a sound to travel 1 mile if the air temperature is:
0.0 Degrees Celsius 20.0 Degrees Celsius 40.0
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Lucy
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Two pianos each sound the same note simultaneously, but they are both out of tune. On a day when the speed of sound is 348 m/s,
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fifi
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A pair of speakers separated by distance d = 0.900 m are driven by the same oscillator at a frequency of 670 Hz. An observer
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Anna
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What time is required for sound to travel 5km if the temperature is 15°c?
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farxa
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If a dog whistle has a frequency of 30000 hertz. What is the wavelength of the sound emitted (Approximate speed of sound is 340
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Anonymous
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A car sounding its horn (rated by the manufacturer at 600 Hz) is moving at 20 m/s toward the eat. A stationary observer is
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Patty
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A student has a small battery-powered alarm buzzer. The student throws the buzzer toward a stationary wall (possibly due to
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Po
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A friend plays an A note (440 Hz) on her piccolo while running towards you at 40 m/s. What frequency do you hear just before she
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Sarah
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Suppose you are stopped for a traffic light, and a fast ambulance approaches you from behind with a speed of 34.0 m/s. The siren
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eddy
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The speed of sound in steel is 5000 m/s. What is the wavelength of the sound wave of 640 Hz in steel?
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Sarah
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A person with perfect pitch sits on a bus bench listening to the 444 Hz horn of an approaching car. If the person detects a
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stoic-rider77
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A boy stands between two vertical wall and fires a rifle. Under what condition will he hear a single echo from both walls?
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Judith
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a guitar string is 75cm long,calculate the wavelength of its fundamental note
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ebere
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You are moving at 120 km/h toward a stationary train. The train blows its 400-Hz whistle. Take the speed of sound to be 340 m/s.
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Anonymous
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0.30 sec after seeing a puff of smoke rise from the starter's pistol the sound of the firing of the pistol is heard 100.0 m
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Anonymous
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Unit 2 lesson 5
Where do sound waves travel faster? (1 point)
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Anonymous
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A sound wave has a frequency of 707 Hz in air and a wavelength of 0.50 m. What is the temperature of the air?
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Anonymous
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A 60 dB sound wave strikes an eardrum whose area is 4.1×10^−5 m^2.
How much energy is absorbed by the eardrum per second? At
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Eden
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The lowest frequency that we can hear is about 20 hertz. If the speed of sound in air is 340 meters/second, what is the
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Iwannaknow
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I need help on this question:
You are given information on the intensity level (which is a measure of the sound intensity) at a
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J1
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In its search for flying insects, a bat uses an echolocating system based on pulses of high frequency
sound. These pulses are 2.0
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Ben
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A police car siren emits a sound wave with a frequency fs = 400 Hz and it is moving toward the wall at 25 /m/s. What frequency
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Thomas
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A sound power level reading of 127 dB was taken near a construction site
where chippers were being used. When all but one of the
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Massiel
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Can someone describe how a sound wave travels through a medium to create sound. Can you also provide a descriptions of
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Carl
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Dolphins can hear ultrasound with frequencies up to 280 kHz. What is the speed of sound in water if the wavelength of ultrasound
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sam
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An elephant can hear sound with a frequency of 15.0 Hz. What is the wavelength of this wave? The speed of sound in air is 343
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Maranda
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What is the longest wavelength that can be heard by a normal ear?
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Hunter
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For sound waves in room-temperature air, is it possible to change the wavelength of a sound without changing the frequency?
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Cher
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A musician is playing a tuba. If she plays a note and holds it for a significant length of time, the air pressure near the
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Daniela
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On a hot summer day (30 degrees Celsius), a pesky little mosquito produced its warning sound near your ear. The sound is
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trina
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Suppose a piano tuner hears 2 beats per second when listening to the combined sound from her tuning fork and the piano note
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clf
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If a violin string vibrates at 1720Hz, what is the wavelength of the sound produced in the surrounding air? (assume T=20 degree
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an
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