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Speed of light in vacuum is 3×108 m s-1. Range of wavelength of visible light is 4000 Ao-7000 Ao. Find the range of frequency of visible light.

Important Questions on Wave Motion

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JEE Advanced
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Speed of sound in air is 330 m s-1. Frequency of Anoop's voice is 1000 Hz and of Shubham's voice is 2000 Hz. Find the wavelength, corresponding to their voice.
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JEE Advanced
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Figure shows a string of linear mass density 1.0 g cm-1 on which a wave pulse is traveling. Find the time taken by the pulse in traveling through a distance of 50 cm on the string. Take g=10 m s-2.

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JEE Advanced
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A steel wire of length 64 cm weighs 5 g. If it is stretched by a force of 8 N, what would be the speed of a transverse wave passing on it?
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JEE Advanced
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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. The linear mass density of the wire AB is 10 g m-1 and that of CD is 8 g m-1. Find the speed of a transverse wave pulse produced in AB and in CD.

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JEE Advanced
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In the arrangement shown in figure, the string has a mass of 4.5 g. How much time will it take for a transverse disturbance produced at the floor to reach the pulley? (Take, g=10 m s-2).

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JEE Advanced
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A copper wire 2.4 mm in diameter is 3 m long and is used to suspend a 2 kg mass from a beam. If a transverse disturbance is sent along the wire by striking it lightly with a pencil, how fast will the disturbance travel? The density of copper is 8920 kg m-3.
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JEE Advanced
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One end of a horizontal rope is attached to a prong of an electrically driven tuning fork that vibrates at 120 Hz. The other end passes over a pulley and supports a 1.50 kg mass. The linear mass density of the rope is 0.0550 kg m-1.

(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 3.00 kg?

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JEE Advanced
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Spherical waves are emitted from a 1.0 W source in an isotropic non-absorbing medium. What is the wave intensity 1.0 m from the source?