A water wave traveling in a straight line on a lake is described by the equation y(x,t)=(2.75cm) cos((0.410rad/cm)x+(6.20rad/s)t) where y is the displacement perpendicular to the undisturbed surface of the lake. (a) How much time does it take for one complete wave pattern to go past a person fishing in a boat at anchor, and what horizontal distance does the wave crest travel in that time? (b) What is the wave number and the number of waves per second that pass the fisher? (c) How fast does a wave crest travel past the fisher, and what is the maximum speed of the cork floater as the wave causes it to bob up and down?
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 water wave traveling in a straight line on a lake is described by the equation y(x,t)=(2.75cm) cos((0.410rad/cm)x+(6.20rad/s)t) where y is the displacement perpendicular to the undisturbed surface of the lake. (a) How much time does it take for one complete wave pattern to go past a person fishing in a boat at anchor, and what horizontal distance does the wave crest travel in that time? (b) What is the wave number and the number of waves per second that pass the fisher? (c) How fast does a wave crest travel past the fisher, and what is the maximum speed of the cork floater as the wave causes it to bob up and down?
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