Beats

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Beats: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Beats in Waves & Resultant Beat Equation etc.

Important Questions on Beats

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When two tuning forks Aand B are sounded together a beat frequency of 3 Hz is produced. When B in waxed and again A and B are sounded together the beat frequency increased to 5 Hz. If the frequency A of in 512 Hz, the frequency of fork B (before it is waxed) maybe

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A person riding on a source 'S' of sound (frequency 48 Hz) moves in a medium (in which velocity of sound is 310 m s-1 ) with speed 10 m s-1 as shown towards a liquid reservoir (in which velocity of sound is 1240 m s-1). A detector 'D' in the reservoir moves towards the free surface of the reservoir (along line SD) at a speed 20 m s-1. The sound produced by 'S' gets reflected and transmitted at the free surface. Mark the INCORRECT statement(s) among the following, assuming the liquid in the reservoir stays still and calm.

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There are four tuning forks, and one of them has frequency 553 Hz. By using any two forks at a time, the beat frequencies heard are 1,2,3,5,7,8. Which of the following could be a possible set of frequencies of other three forks.

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There are four tuning forks, and one of them has frequency 553 Hz. By using any two forks at a time, the beat frequencies heard are 1,2,3,5,7,8. The possible frequencies of other three forks are

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Two notes A and B, sounded together, produce 2 beats per sec. Notes B and C sounded together produces 3 beats per second. The notes A and C separately produce the same number of beats with a standard tuning fork of 456 Hz. The possible frequency of the note B is

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If the two frequencies of waves are 550Hz and 380Hz respectively. The beat frequency is _____.

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There is a source of sound (a tuning fork) moving towards a reflecting wall with a speed of 30 m s-1. The velocity of the sound in air is 330 m s-1 and the frequency of the tuning fork is 600 Hz. The observer is between the source and the wall and is moving with some velocity V1 towards the wall. The beat frequency heard by the observer is 4 Hz. If the tuning fork is waxed, the frequency beats heard by the observer becomes 3 Hz. If the new frequency of tuning fork is k then k50 is

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Two tuning forks have frequencies 450 Hz and 454 Hz respectively. On sounding these forks together, the time interval between two successive maximum intensities will be _____.

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Two waves each of loudness L superimpose to produce beats. The maximum loudness of beats will be

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Two tuning forks have frequencies 450 Hz and 454 Hz respectively. On sounding these forks together, the time interval between two successive maximum intensities will be _____.

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Two sound waves of wavelength 2 m and 2.02 m produce 15 beat in 3 seconds in a medium. The velocity of sound in that medium is

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When two tuning forks are sounded together x beats /sec are heard frequency of A is n. Now when one prong of $\mathrm{B}$ is loaded with a little wax,the number of beats per second decreases the frequency of fork B is :

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Two tuning forks have frequencies 300 Hz and 308 Hz. When they are sounded together, after hearing the maximum sound, how long will it take to hear the first minimum sound?

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A set of 36 tuning forks is arranged in series of decreasing frequencies. Each fork gives 3 beats with succeeding one. The fork is an octave of the last. The frequency of the 15th tuning fork from start is

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When an air column at 15°C and a tunning fork are sounded together then 4 beats per second are produced, the frequency of the fork is less then that of air column. When the temperature falls to 10°C, then the beat frequency decreases by one. The frequency of the fork will be- vsound  at 0°C=332 m s-1

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When a tuning fork of frequency 341 Hz is sounded with another tuning fork, six beats per second are heard. When the second tuning fork is loaded with wax and sounded with the first tuning fork, the number of beats is two per second. The natural frequency of the second tuning fork is:

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Two waves of wavelength λ and λ+Δλ produce 5 beats per second. If Δλλ=λ+Δλ65 find the speed of sound waves in gas in which these waves produced beats.

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When 0.98 m long metallic wire is stressed, an extension of 0.02 m is produced. An organ pipe 0.5 m long and open at both ends, when sounded with this stressed metallic wire produces 8 beats per second in their fundamental mode. By decreasing the stress in the wire, the number of beats is found to decrease. The young's modulus of the wire is (The density of wire is 104 kg m-3 and sound velocity in air is 292 m sec-1 )

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A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz produces 10 beats per second when sounded with a vibrating sonometer string. What must have been the frequency of the string if a slight increase in tension produces lesser beats per second than before :

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Two tuning fork when sounded together produces 5 beats per second the first tuning fork is in resonance with 16.0 cm wire of a sonometer and second is in the resonance with 16.2 cm wire of the same sonometer both in fundamental mode the frequencies of the tuning forks are: