Sound Wave The oscillations in air pressure representing the sound wave for a musi-cal tone can be modeled by the equation y =0.05 sin (500pt + 10p), where y is the sound pressure in pascals after t seconds.a. Sketch the graph of one complete cycle of the sound wave.b. What is the phase?

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Sound Wave The oscillations in air pressure representing the sound wave for a musi-
cal tone can be modeled by the equation y =0.05 sin (500pt + 10p), where y is the

sound pressure in pascals after t seconds.
a. Sketch the graph of one complete cycle of the sound wave.
b. What is the phase?

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Solution for (a):

The given equation is, 

y=0.05 sin 500 π t+10 π

The graph of one complete cycle of the sound wave is as follows:

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