EASY
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IMPORTANT
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Two travelling waves of equal amplitudes and equal frequencies move in opposite direction along a string. They interfere to produce a standing wave having the equation. 

=Acoskxsinωt 

in which A=1.0 mm, k=1.57 cm-1and ω=78.5 s-1. 

Find the antinode closest to the origin in the region x>0.

Important Questions on Superposition and Standing Waves

HARD
Physics
IMPORTANT

Two travelling waves of equal amplitudes and equal frequencies move in opposite direction along a string. They interfere to produce a standing wave having the equation. 

=Acoskxsinωt 

in which A=1.0 mm, k=1.57 cm-1and ω=78.5 s-1. 

Find the amplitude of the particle at x=2.33 cm.

HARD
Physics
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Two identical loudspeakers are driven in phase by a common oscillator at 800 Hz and face each other at a distance of 1.25 m. Locate the points along the line joining the two speakers where relative minima of sound pressure amplitude would be expected. (Use v=343 m/s.)
MEDIUM
Physics
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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=0.250 cm

MEDIUM
Physics
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Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=0.500 cm

MEDIUM
Physics
IMPORTANT

Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

x=1.50 cm.

MEDIUM
Physics
IMPORTANT

Two sinusoidal waves combining in a medium are described by the wave functions 

y1=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x+0.60t)
y2=(3.0 cm)sinπ(x-0.60t)

where x is in centimetres and t is in seconds. Determine the maximum transverse position of an element of the medium at

Find the three smallest values of x corresponding to antinodes.

MEDIUM
Physics
IMPORTANT
A standing wave set up in a medium, the equation of wave is given by y=4cosπx3sin40πt where x and y are in cm and t in sec. Find the amplitude and the velocity of the two component waves.
MEDIUM
Physics
IMPORTANT
A standing wave set up in a medium, the equation of wave is given by y=4cosπx3sin40πt where x and y are in cm and t in sec. Find the distance between adjacent nodes.