Displacement Relation for a Progressive Wave

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Displacement Relation for a Progressive Wave: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Displacement Function for a Transverse Wave, Expression of Sinusoidal Wave at a Fixed Location, Temperature and Speed of Sound Wave & Humidity and Speed of Sound Wave etc.

Important Questions on Displacement Relation for a Progressive Wave

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The wave function of a pulse is given by y=51+4x+6t2 where x and y are in metre and t is in second. The velocity of pulse is 

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The same progressive wave is represented by two graphs I and II. Graph I shows how the displacement y varies with the distance x along the wave at a given time. Graph II shows how y varies with time tat a given point on the wave. The ratio of measurements AB to CD, marked on the curves

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Snapshot of a wave travelling in positive x-direction is taken, as shown in figure, at an instant. Which of the following represent the correct combination of the points as time passes at the instant shown.

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The equation of wave is given by Y=10-2sin2π160t-0.5x+π4, where x and Y are in m and t in s. The speed of the wave is _______ km h-1.

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The ratio of speed of sound in hydrogen gas to the speed of sound in oxygen gas at the same temperature is:

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The figure shows the position-time graph of an object in SHM. The correct equation representing this motion is

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The diagram below shows past of a travelling wave travelling along a string having linear mass density 10 g cm-1. Find the average power transmitted by the wave if wave propagates at frequency 10 Hz. (in Watt) Take π2=10

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Relation of wavelengths of sound and light is:

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Equation of progressive wave is y=Asin160t-0.5x. Let the speed of the wave be 10x, then find x.

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The equation of progressive wave is y=5sin6t+0.03x. Find the speed of wave(in m s-1).

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The coordinates of a moving particle at a time t are given by x=5sin10t, y=5cos10t. The speed of the particle is:

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A particle oscillates in SHM according to the equation x=10cos(2πt+π4), its acceleration at t equal to 1.5 seconds is

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A simple harmonic wave of amplitude 8 unit travels along the positive x-axis. At given instant of time, for a particle at a distance of 10 cm from the origin, the displacement is +6 unit and for a particle at a distance of 25 cm from the origin, the displacement is +4 unit. Calculate the wavelength(in cm).

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Loudness of sound coming from a point source at a distance R is 50dB. If the distance is doubled then the new loudness value will become approximately.

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One end of a horizontal string is attached to a vibrator which is vibrating at 60 Hz. The mass per unit length of the string is 3gm m-1. What should be the value of mass m approximately so that the string vibrates in 5 loops? Assume that the end of the string connected to the vibrator is a node.

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A sound wave of frequency 440Hz is passing through air. An O2 molecule (mass =5.3×10-26 kg) is set in oscillation with an amplitude of 10-6 m speed at the centre of its oscillation is

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Which of the following equations does not represent a progressive wave?

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The wave function of a triangular wave pulse is defined by the relation below at time t=0 sec.

y= mx-mx-a0for   0xa2 for  a2xaevery where else

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The wave pulse is moving in the +x direction in a string having tension T and mass per unit length μ. The total kinetic energy present with the wave pule is

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A string of length L is clamped between two points and speed of transverse wave in it is 500 m s-1. Now the tension is increased to four times just by making the string more tight. Neglect variation in length while increasing the tension. The new speed of transverse wave is

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Two ships are anchored a distance d=3 km apart in a sea, where seabed between the ships is at a uniform depth h=1.0 km and consists of a flat rock. Speed of sound in the air is va=333 m s-1, in the water is vw=1.5 km s-1 and in the rock is vr=4.5 km s-1. If a gun is fired at a ship, the minimum time the firing will be heard at the other ship is 0.96x sec. Find the value of x to the nearest integer.