
Speed of light in vacuum is . Range of wavelength of visible light is . Find the range of frequency of visible light.

Important Questions on Wave Motion

Figure shows a string of linear mass density on which a wave pulse is traveling. Find the time taken by the pulse in traveling through a distance of on the string. Take .


Two blocks each having a mass of are connected by a wire and the system is suspended from the ceiling by another wire . The linear mass density of the wire is and that of is . Find the speed of a transverse wave pulse produced in and in .

In the arrangement shown in figure, the string has a mass of . How much time will it take for a transverse disturbance produced at the floor to reach the pulley? (Take, ).


One end of a horizontal rope is attached to a prong of an electrically driven tuning fork that vibrates at . The other end passes over a pulley and supports a mass. The linear mass density of the rope is .
(a) What is the speed of a transverse wave on the rope?
(b) What is the wavelength?
(c) How would your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the mass were increased to ?

