A A-string on a particular guitar has a circular cross-section with a diameter of 0.914 mm. The vibrating length of the string is 65.0 cm. (1) If the density of the string is 7,600 kg/m3, find the mass per unit length of the string. (2) For the string to be in tune, it should have a natural frequency of 110.00 Hz. Find the tension in the string that produces this natural frequency. (3) Assuming that the guitar string is in tune, find the frequency and wavelength of the 5th harmonic.
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
A A-string on a particular guitar has a circular cross-section with a diameter of 0.914 mm. The vibrating length of the string is 65.0 cm.
(1) If the density of the string is 7,600 kg/m3, find the mass per unit length of the string.
(2) For the string to be in tune, it should have a natural frequency of 110.00 Hz. Find the tension in the string that produces this natural frequency.
(3) Assuming that the guitar string is in tune, find the frequency and wavelength of the 5th harmonic.
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