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A point source emits sound waves isotropically. The intensity of the waves 6.00 m from the source is 4.5×104W m-2. Assuming that the energy of the waves is conserved, find the power of the source.

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Earthquakes generate sound waves inside the Earth. Unlike a gas, the Earth can experience both transverse S and longitudinal P sound waves. Typically, the speed of S waves is about 4.5 km s-1 and that of P waves is 8.0 km s-1. A seismograph records P and S waves from an earthquake. The first P waves arrive 3.5 min before the first S waves. If the waves travel in a straight line, how far away did the earthquake occur?
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Pipe A, which is 1.80 m long and open at both ends, oscillates at its lowest harmonic frequency. If it is filled with air for which the speed of sound is 343 m s-1. Pipe B, which is closed at one end, oscillates at its second lowest harmonic frequency. This frequency of B happens to match the frequency of A. An x-axis extends along the interior of B, with x=0 at the closed end. a How many nodes are along that axis? What are the b smallest and c second smallest value of x locating those nodes? d What is the fundamental frequency of B?
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Show the output from a pressure monitor mounted at a point along the path taken by a sound wave of a single frequency traveling at 343 m s-1 through air with a uniform density 1.21 kg m-3. The vertical axis scale is set by ps=5.0 mPa.The displacement function of the wave is sx,t=smcoskxωt.

What is

A sm?

B k?

C ω?

The air is then cooled so that its density is 1.35 kg m-3 and the speed of a sound wave through it is 320 m s-1. The sound source again emits the sound wave at the same frequency and same pressure amplitude.

What is

D sm?

E k?

F ω?

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A violin string 15.0 cm long, fixed at both ends oscillates in n=1 mode. The speed of waves on the string is 280 m s-1, and the speed of sound in air is 348 m s-1.

What is the

A frequency of the emitted sound wave?

B wavelength of the emitted sound wave?

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Figure shows four isotropic point sources of sound that are uniformly spaced on the x-axis. The sources emits sound at the same wavelength λ and same amplitude Sm, and they emit in phase. A point P is shown on the x-axis. Assume that as the sound waves travel to P, the decrease in their amplitude is negligible. What multiple of Sm is the amplitude of the net wave at P, if the distance d in the figure is (a) λ4, (b) λ2 and (c) λ?

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A state trooper chases a speeder along a straight road; both vehicles move at 143 km h-1. The siren on the trooper's vehicle produces sound at a frequency of 915 Hz. What is the Doppler shift in the frequency heard by the speeder?
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The water level in a vertical glass tube 1.00 m long, can be adjusted to any position in the tube. A tuning fork vibrating at 900 Hz is held just over the open top end of the tube, to set up a standing wave of sound in the air-filled top portion of the tube. (That air filled top portion acts as a tube with one end closed and the other end open) (a) For how many different positions of the water level will the sound from the fork set up resonance in the tube's air-filled portion? What are the (b) least and (c) second least water heights in the tube for the resonance to occur?
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In French submarine and a U.S. Submarine move towards each other during maneuvers in motionless water in the North Atlantic. The French sub moves at the speed, VF=48.00km h-1 and the U.S. sub at VUS=72.00km h-1. The French sub sends out a sonar signal (sound wave in water) at 1.560×103Hz. Sonar waves travel at 5470 km h-1. (a) What is the signal's frequency as detected by the U.S. sub? (b) What frequency is detected by the French sub in the signal reflected back to it by the U.S. sub?

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