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Important Questions on Waves

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Two particles A, B are moving on two concentric circles of radii R1 and R2 with equal angular speed ω. At t=0, their positions and direction of motion are shown in the figure:

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The relative velocity VA-VB at t=π2ω is given by:

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The number of natural numbers less than 7000 which can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 3, 7, 9 (repetition of digits allowed) is equal to:
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A heavy ball of mass M is suspended from the ceiling of a car by a light string of mass m mM. When the car is at rest, the speed of transverse waves in the string is 60 m s-1. When the car has acceleration a, the wave-speed increases to 60.5 m s-1. The value of a  in terms of gravitational acceleration g is closed to:
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If the kinetic energy of a particle of mass m, performing uniform circular motion in a circle of radius r, is E, find the acceleration of the particle.

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The percentage increase in the speed of transverse waves produced in a stretched string if the tension is increased by 4%, will be ___ %.
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Sound waves travel at 350 m s-1 through a warm air and at 3500 m s-1 through brass. The wavelength of a 700 Hz acoustic wave as it enters brass from warm air
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Use the formula v=γPρ to explain why the speed of sound in air is independent of pressure.
 
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Calculate the increase in velocity of sound produced by 1o C rises in temp. If the velocity of sound at 0o C is 332 ms-1?

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The minimum distance between two particles in same phase is 18 cm. If the velocity of the wave is 36 ms-1, then find the time interval after which-the particle undergoes a phase change of π is  
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The value of adiabatic constant  γ for oxygen and nitrogen is same. The speed of sound in oxygen is 470 m s-1 at STP. The speed of sound in nitrogen at STP is
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A wave is moving in the air with a velocity of 340 ms-1. Calculate the wavelength if its frequency is 512 vibrations/sec.
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A wire stretched between two rigid supports vibrates in its fundamental mode with a frequency of 45 Hz. The mass of the wire is 3.5×10-2kg and its linear mass density is 4.0×10-2kgm-1. What is the speed of a transverse wave on the string

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Under identical conditions of pressure and density, the speed of sound is highest in a
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A steel wire has a length of 12.0 m and a mass of 2.10 kg. What should be the tension in the wire so that speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air at 20oC=343 ms-1.

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The speed of sound waves depends on temperature but speed of light waves does not, why?
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The speed of a wave in a medium is 760 m s-1. If 3600 waves are passing through a point in the medium in 2 minutes, then is wavelength is

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A string of mass 2.50 kg is under a tension of 200 N. The length of the stretched string is 20.0 m. If the transverse jerk is struck at one end of the string, how long does the disturbance take to reach the other end?

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An electromagnetic wave travels in a vacuum. The wavelength of the wave is tripled. How is this accomplished ?
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Use the formula v = γ p ρ  to explain why the speed of sound in air is independent of pressure ?