A sinusoidal sound wave moves at 343 m/s through air in the positive direction of an x axis. At one instant during the oscillations, air molecule A is at its maximum displacement in the negative direction of the axis while air molecule B is at its equilibrium position. The separation between those molecules is 15.0 cm, and the molecules between A and B have intermediate displacements in the negative direction of the axis. (a) What is the frequency of the sound wave? In a similar arrangement but for a different sinusoidal sound wave, at one instant air molecule C is at its maximum displacement in the positive direction while molecule D is at its maximum displacement in the negative direction.The separation between the molecules is again 15.0 cm, and the molecules between C and D have intermediate displacements. (b) What is the frequency of the sound wave?
Interference of sound
Seiche
A seiche is an oscillating standing wave in a body of water. The term seiche pronounced saysh) can be understood by the sloshing of water back and forth in a swimming pool. The same phenomenon happens on a much larger scale in vast bodies of water including bays and lakes. A seizure can happen in any enclosed or semi-enclosed body of water.
A sinusoidal sound wave moves at 343 m/s through air in the
positive direction of an x axis. At one instant during the oscillations,
air molecule A is at its maximum displacement in the negative
direction of the axis while air molecule B is at its equilibrium
position. The separation between those molecules is 15.0 cm, and
the molecules between A and B have intermediate displacements
in the negative direction of the axis. (a) What is the frequency of
the sound wave?
In a similar arrangement but for a different sinusoidal sound
wave, at one instant air molecule C is at its maximum displacement
in the positive direction while molecule D is at its maximum
displacement in the negative direction.The separation between the
molecules is again 15.0 cm, and the molecules between C and D
have intermediate displacements. (b) What is the frequency of the
sound wave?
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