In a crowd of body-to-body people, if one person pushes another person, a wave is set up as that “push” propagates through the crowd. This wave is most like which of the following, a transverse wave, or like a standing wave, or like increasing the amplitude of the sound wave? Explain

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A: Given data:  Wavelength (λ) = 10.0 cm = 0.100 m Frequency (f) = 5.00 Hz Required: Wave speed (v)

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A: Given: The final tension in the string is quadruples of the initial tension.

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A: Given:- A dolphin emits a pulse of sound waves (longitudinal wave) toward an object at500 m from the…

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A: SOlution: Effect of tension on teh speed of the wave propogation in the string

Q: 9 A cable with a linear density of 200 g/m is hung from telephone poles. The tension in the cable is…

A: Formula, for the given case, m=200 g/m =0.2 kg/m T= 500 N The speed of wave is 50 m/s.

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Q: A wave is made by swinging one end of a string, while the other end is held stationary. Pulling the…

A: Speed of wave depends on tension produced in wave and linear mass density of wave . As v = (T/u) 0.5…

Q: Four waves are described by the following expressions, where distances are measured in meters and…

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Q: A dolphin emits a pulse of sound waves (longitudinal wave) toward an object at 400 m from the…

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Q: he speed of sound in air s 340 m/s. and the density of air is 36 2 kg/m 3. If the displacement…

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Q: Why should one use string that does not stretch when producing standing waves? How would a string…

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Q: (6) Sidhu uses a 1.60 m long rope to pull Aarna (m = 32.1 kg) horizontally across the floor with a…

A: Length of the rope (L) = 1.60 mMass of the person (m) = 32.1 kgCoefficient of kinetic friction (μk)…

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A: A guitar string is a string fixed at both its ends, and is kept under some tension. When plucked,…

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Q: A wave is made by swinging one end of a string, while the other end is held stationary. Pulling the…

A: Required speed of the wave when the tension in string is quadruple i.e. four times

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A: given, λ=3cm υ=6

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A: Given: Speed of wave v= 2 cm /s It's a transverse wave

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A: Stationary wave: The given equation of the wave,y = 4 sin 35πt cos45πx

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A: Given, Tensionfinal=4Tensioninitial Tf= 4Ti

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Q: x (ст) 10.0| - t (s) 10.0 15.0 5.0 -10.0

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Q: 2) The wave functions for two waves traveling in the same direction on a string are described below:…

A: The superposition of two waves is also a wave. It has same features as the waves by which it is…