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Chapter 14, Problem 95GP
Two trains with 124-Hz horns approach one another. The slower of the two trains has a speed of 26 m/s. What is the speed of the fast train if an observer standing near the tracks between the trains hears a beat frequency of 4.4 Hz?
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Some of the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 68PCECh. 14 - A guitar string 66 cm long vibrates with a...Ch. 14 - Predict/Calculate A guitar string has a mass per...Ch. 14 - Prob. 71PCECh. 14 - The organ pipe in Figure 14-49 is 2.75 m long. (a)...Ch. 14 - The frequency of the standing wave shown in Figure...Ch. 14 - An organ pipe open at both ends has a harmonic...Ch. 14 - When guitar strings A and B are plucked at the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 76PCECh. 14 - You have three tuning forks with frequencies of...Ch. 14 - Tuning a Piano To tune middle C on a piano, a...Ch. 14 - Two musicians are comparing their clarinets. The...Ch. 14 - Predict/Calculate Two strings that are fixed at...Ch. 14 - Identical cellos are being tested. One is...Ch. 14 - A friend in another city tells you that she has...Ch. 14 - Prob. 83GPCh. 14 - The fundamental of an organ pipe that is closed at...Ch. 14 - The Loudest Animal The loudest sound produced by a...Ch. 14 - Hearing a Good Hit Physicist Robert Adair, once...Ch. 14 - Prob. 87GPCh. 14 - Playing Harmonics When a 63-cm-long guitar string...Ch. 14 - BIO Measuring Hearing Loss To determine the amount...Ch. 14 - BIO Hearing a Pin Drop The ability to hear a pin...Ch. 14 - A cannon 105 m away from you shoots a cannonball...Ch. 14 - A machine shop has 120 equally noisy machines that...Ch. 14 - Predict/Calculate A bottle has a standing wave...Ch. 14 - Speed of a Tsunami Tsunamis can have wavelengths...Ch. 14 - Two trains with 124-Hz horns approach one another....Ch. 14 - Predict/Calculate Jim is speeding toward James...Ch. 14 - Two ships in a heavy fog are blowing their horns,...Ch. 14 - BIO Cracking Your Knuckles When you crack a...Ch. 14 - A steel guitar string has a tension F, length L,...Ch. 14 - A Slinky has a mass of 0.28 kg and negligible...Ch. 14 - BIO Predict/Calculate OSHA Noise Standards OSHA,...Ch. 14 - An organ pipe 3.4 m long is open at one end and...Ch. 14 - Two identical strings with the same tension...Ch. 14 - BIO The Love Song of the Midshipman Fish When the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 105GPCh. 14 - Beats and Standing Waves In Problem 59, suppose...Ch. 14 - Prob. 107PPCh. 14 - Prob. 108PPCh. 14 - Prob. 109PPCh. 14 - Prob. 110PPCh. 14 - Prob. 111PPCh. 14 - Referring to Example 14-11 Suppose the train is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 113PPCh. 14 - Prob. 114PP
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