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A whistling train approaches a junction. An observer standing at the junction observes the frequency to be 2.2 kHz and 1.8 kHz of the approaching and the receding train. Find the speed of the train in terms of  m s-1( Speed of sound = 300 m s-1).

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Important Questions on Waves

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Sound waves of frequency 220 Hz produce stationary waves in air. If the velocity of sound wave in air be 330 m s-1, find the distance ( in terms of cm) between two consecutive anti nodes.
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Sound waves of frequency 220 Hz produce stationary waves in air. If the velocity of sound wave in air be 330 m s-1, find the distance ( in terms of cm) between a node and the next anti node.
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Sound waves of frequency 220 Hz produce stationary waves in air. If the velocity of sound wave in air be 330 m s-1, find the distance ( in terms of cm) between two consecutive nodes.
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A sound wave of frequency 100 Hz is incident normally on a rigid wall and gets reflected therefrom. How will the nodes and anti nodes be situated from the wall ? Velocity of sound = 340 m s-1 .
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Two sound waves originating from the same source travel along different paths in the air and then meet at a point. If the source frequency be 1 kHz and one path be 83 cm longer than the other, what will be the nature of interference ? The speed of the sound in air = 332 m s-1 
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11th West Bengal Board
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Two steel wires of equal length emit fundamental tones when stretched by 0.225 kg and 0.256 kg respectively. The ratio of the frequencies is 1:4. Find the ratio of their diameters.
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11th West Bengal Board
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A wire is under tension 40 N and the length between the bridges is 70 cm . A 5 m sample of that wire has its mass 1 g. Deduce the speed of the transverse waves on the wire (in terms of 102 m s-1).
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11th West Bengal Board
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A wire is under tension 40 N and the length between the bridges is 70 cm . A 5 m sample of that wire has its mass 1 g. Deduce the fundamental frequency.