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Two identical waves undergo pure constructive interference. Is the resultant intensity twice that of the individual waves? Explain your answer.
Circular water waves decrease in amplitude as they move away from where a rock is dropped. Explain why.
Differentiate between constructive and destructive interference?
The frequency of a stretched string depends on its length. Give two other factors that affect the frequency of a stretched string.
What are stationary waves? How are they produced?
The pitch of the sound emitted by the siren of a moving fire engine appears to change as it passes a stationary observer. (i) Name this phenomenon. (ii) Will the crew in the fire engine notice this phenomenon? Give a reason for your answer. (iii) Give an application of this phenomenon.
How should a sound source move with respect to an observer so that the frequency of its sound does not change?
Can sound waves be polarized? Explain
Suppose that light passes through two polaroid filters whose polarization axis are parallel to each other. What would be the result?
Give any three example of a gravitational wave?
What is an interferometer?
Consider the three pairs of sunglasses below. Which pair of the glasses is capable of eliminating the glare resulting from sunlight reflecting off the calm waters of a lake? Explain you option. (The polarization axes are shown by straight lines)
Ultrasound of intensity 1.50×〖10〗^2 〖W/m〗^2 is produced by the rectangular head of a medical imaging device measuring 3.00 by 5.00 cm. What is its power output?
Two tuning forks of frequencies 440Hz and 437Hz are sounded together. How many beats will be heard over a period of 10 seconds?
Suppose that a string is 1.2m long and vibrates in first, second and third harmonic standing wave patterns. Determine the wavelength of the waves for each of the three patterns.
The string is 6.0m long and is vibrating at the third harmonic. The string vibrates up and down with 45 complete vibrational cycles in 10 seconds. Determine the frequency, period, wavelength and speed for this wave.
An air column closed at one end resonates at the second maximum or the second resonant length. The frequency of the sound wave is 1024Hz. The air temperature is 18.6℃. (a) Draw a diagram for the displacement wave pattern inside the column. (b) Calculate the speed of sound in air. (c) Calculate the wavelength. (d) Calculate the length of the closed air column.
Suppose a train that has a 150Hz horn is moving at 35.0m/s in still air on a day when the speed of sound is 340m/s. What frequencies are obtained by a stationary person at the side of the tracks (a) as the train approaches (b) after it passes (c) What frequency is observed by the train’s engineer traveling on the train?
A polarized light of intensity 𝑰_𝒐 is passed through another polarizer whose axis makes an angle of 𝟔𝟎° with the axis of polaroid filter. What is the intensity of transmitted polarized light from second polaroid filter?
9.1 To increase intensity of a wave by factor of 50, by what factor should the amplitude be increased?
9.2 A bus is moving at 20m/s along a straight road with its 500Hz horn sounding. You are standing at the road side. What frequency do you hear as the bus is: a) Approaching you? b) Receding from you? (Take the speed of sound=340m/s)
9.3 A frequency of the first harmonic is 587Hz is sounded out by a vibrating guitar string. The speed of the wave is 600m/s. Find the length of the string.
9.4 What angle is required between the direction of polarized light and the axis of a polaroid filter to reduce its intensity by 90%?
9.1 (1) The average intensity of sunlight on Earth’s surface is about 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝑾/𝒎^𝟐. Calculate the amount of energy that falls on a solar collector having an area of 𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝒎^𝟐 in 4.0h. (2) If amplitude of the wave is doubled then how much energy is increased?
9.1 (1) The average intensity of sunlight on Earth’s surface is about 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝑾/𝒎^𝟐. Calculate the amount of energy that falls on a solar collector having an area of 𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝒎^𝟐 in 4.0h. (2) If amplitude of the wave is doubled then how much energy is increased?
9.3 Two musical instruments are sounded together to produce beats. Evaluate the beat frequency of these two sound waves having frequencies 750Hz and 390Hz respectively?
9.4 A guitar string with a length of 80.0cm is plucked. The speed of a wave in the string is 400m/s. Calculate the frequency of the first, second, and third harmonics?
9.5 An unpolarized light having intensity of 𝟏𝟔𝑾/𝒎^𝟐 is incident on a pair of polarizers. The first polaroid filter has its transmission axis at 𝟓𝟎° from the vertical. The second polaroid filter has its transmission axis at 𝟐𝟎° from the vertical. Calculate the intensity of the light transmitted through both the filters.