If a guitar string vibrates in two segments, where can a tiny piece of folded paper be supported without flying off? How many pieces of folded paper could similarly be supported if the waveform were of three segments?

Q: Answer the question considering the information given in the image if the string vibrates at a new…

A: Given, Length of guitar string = 642 mm = 0.642 m mass of string = 3.7 gm = 3.7 x 10-3 kg…

Q: When using a slinky to make transverse waves, how does the amplitude vary as the pulse moves along…

A: When you make a transverse wave using slinky we have to give a force to jiggle the slinky up and…

Q: Why do the strings used for the lowest-frequency notes on a piano normally have wire wrapped around…

A: The first harmonic of any instrument is the lowest frequency produced by it.  The second harmonic of…

Q: The reverberation time is larger for an empty hall than a crowded hall, Why?

A: In a crowded hall the number of sound absorbers are high as a result the reverberation time is low…

Q: Why will marchers at the end of a long parade following a band be out of step with the marchers near…

A: The marchers near the band and the marchers at the long end of the parade hear the sound of the band…

Q: A babysitter is pushing a child on a swing. At the point where the swing reaches x , where would the…

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Q: A babysitter is pushing a child on a swing. At the point where the swing reaches , where would the…

A: A babysitter is pushing a child on a swing.

Q: How do standing harmonic waves relate to resonance?

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Q: If the speed of sound were dependent on its frequency, would you enjoy a concert sitting in the…

A: Given:  The speed of sound were dependent on its frequency

Q: Two waves on identical strings have frequencies in a ratio of 2 to 1. If their wave speeds are the…

A: The ratio of two identical frequencies,

Q: Is energy always conserved when two waves interfere? Explain

A: Interference of two waves is the phenomenon in which both the waves combine and form one wave whose…

Q: If you dip your finger repeatedly into a puddle of water, it creates waves. What happens to the…

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Q: What kind of motion you impart to stretched coiled spring to provide a transverse wave? To provide a…

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Q: Why do the lower strings of a piano have another wire tightly coiled around them?

A: The reason why do the lower strings of a piano have another wire tightly coiled around them is…

Q: Why do soldiers break step in marching over a bridge?

A: To determine the scientific reason of break step during March by soldiers over bridge.

Q: What happens to the wavelength of the water waves as you decrease the frequency by putting your…

A: Frequency and wavelength is related as,

Q: A trumpet has keys and valves that permit the trumpeter to change the length of the vibrating air…

A: A trumpet has keys and valves that permit the trumpeter to change the length of the vibrating air…

Q: Does the wave transport the colored ribbon from its original position to the end of the rope?

A: A wave is a disturbance which travels forward.

Q: When the wire of a sonometer is 73cm long , it is in resonance with a tuning fork. On shortening the…

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Q: A guitarist finds that the pitch of one of her strings is slightly flat—the frequency is a bit too…

A: Given: The frequency of the one string in the guitar is too low.

Q: Does a baseball in flight possesses wave properties? If so, why?

A: Every matter body, which is moving can be associated with corresponding matter.

Q: What is necessary so that energy could be transferred by the waves produced by a rope?

A: Waves can be of two types i.e. longitudinal wave and transverse wave. In a transverse wave, the wave…

Q: When it is possible for one wave to cancel another?

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Q: Do compressions and rarefactions travel in same direction, or in opposite direction, in a wave?

A: The compression and rarefactions in a sound wave travel in the same direction as the direction of…

Q: Shaking a slinky with a wave speed = 150 m/s at different frequencies will show what kind of…

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Q: A banjo player plucks the middle of a string pinned down at both ends. Where are the nodes of the…

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Q: What is the difference between an overtone and a harmonic? Are all harmonics overtones? Are all…

A: A harmonic is any of the integral multiplication of the fundamental frequency.The fundamental…

Q: Why does a vibrating guitar string not sound as loud when it is mounted on a work bench as it does…

A: Given:  Vibrating guitar

Q: Can the Doppler effect be observed with longitudinal waves, with transverse waves, or with both?

A: Doppler Effect is observed in both longitudinal wave and transverse wave.

Q: Two waves that destructively interfere, resulting in a net amplitude of zero, are how many degrees…

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Q: A flute filled with helium will, until the helium escapes, play notes at a much higher pitch than…

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Q: Shaking a slinky with a wavespeed = 250 m/s at different frequencies will show what kind of…

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Q: you have two source of sound, in a room, can you find a quite place?

A: Destructive interference occurs when the maxima of two waves are 180 degrees out of phase.

Q: By touching a string lightly at its center while bowing, a violinist can produce a note exactly one…

A: We know that the pitch of the sound depends on the frequency of the wave. Also the frequency and…

Q: Do all the waves need a medium to travel? Why?

A: Given:  Waves

Q: Would the pitch increase or decrease if the temperature in a room rose sharply?

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Q: Is the frequency of a simple periodic wave equal to thefrequency of its source? Why or why not?

A: Yes Frequency of simple periodic wave equal to the frequency of its source.

Q: Would a plucked guitar string vibrate for a longer time or a shorter time if the instruments had no…

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Equation of Waves

Wave is an oscillation or disturbance traveling in a medium. It performs the transportation of energy but does not carry any matter. This motion of waves will transport fuel in a medium without permanent transfer of mass (particle).