A sound wave in air is reflected by a solid wall placed at right angles to the direction of travel of the wave, so that the incident and reflected waves are superimposed. A system of stationary waves is setup and as a result there are regularly spaced displacement nodes and antinodes.  If the sound wave is produced by a source of frequency 500Hz, and the distance between adjacent nodes is 34.0cm, calculate  the speed of the sound waves. The temperature of the air increases from 200C to 300C. Calculate the new distance between adjacent nodes.

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A sound wave in air is reflected by a solid wall placed at right angles to the direction of travel of the wave, so that the incident and reflected waves are superimposed. A system of stationary waves is setup and as a result there are regularly spaced displacement nodes and antinodes. 

  • If the sound wave is produced by a source of frequency 500Hz, and the distance between adjacent nodes is 34.0cm, calculate  the speed of the sound waves.
  • The temperature of the air increases from 200C to 300C. Calculate the new distance between adjacent nodes.
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