Imagine you are holding a tuning fork of frequency 440 Hz over the top of a tube in water. Adjusting the height of the tube from shorter to longer, you hear the first loud sound when the tube is 18.6 cm long above the water as resonance occurs. You can use this information to calculate the speed of sound in air, since air is the medium for the sound wave to propagate in the tube.

Imagine you are holding a tuning fork of frequency 440 Hz over the top of a tube in water. Adjusting the height of the tube from shorter to longer, you hear the first loud sound when the tube is 18.6 cm long above the water as resonance occurs. You can use this information to calculate the speed of sound in air, since air is the medium for the sound wave to propagate in the tube.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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