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A transverse wave is described by the equation Y=Y0sin2πft-x/λ. The maximum particle velocity is equal to four times the wave velocity if 

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Important Questions on Wave Motion on a String

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A travelling wave on a string is given by y=Asinαx+βt+π6. The displacement and velocity of oscillation of a point α=0.56 cm-1β=12 sec-1A=7.5 cmx=1 cm and t=1 s is
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A transverse wave of amplitude 0.5 m, wavelength 1 m and frequency 2 Hz is propagating in a string in the negative x-direction. The expression for this wave is:
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Two blocks each having a mass of 3.2 kg are connected by a wire CD and the system is suspended from the ceiling by another wire AB (figure). The linear mass density of the wire AB is 10 g/m and that of CD is 8 g/m. The speed of a transverse wave pulse produced in AB and in CD are :

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A wave pulse is generated in a string that lies along x-axis. At the points A and B, as shown in the figure, if RA and RB are the ratio of wave speed to the particle speed respectively then

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Wave pulse on a string shown in the figure is moving to the right without changing shape. Consider two particles at positions x1=1.5 m and x2=2.5 m. Their transverse velocities at the moment shown in the figure are along with directions

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When two waves of the same amplitude and frequency but having a phase difference of ϕ, travelling with the same speed in the same direction (positive x), interfere, then
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A massless rod BD is suspended by two identical massless strings AB and CD of equal lengths. A block of mass m is suspended point P such that BP is equal to x, if the fundamental frequency of the left wire is twice the fundamental frequency of right wire, then the value of x is

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If the ratio of amplitudes of two waves at any point in the medium is 1:3, then the ratio of maximum and minimum intensities due to their superposition will be