Problem 9.3. Interference fringes were produced by two slits 0.25 mm apart on a screen 150 mm from the slits. If eight fringes occupy 2.62 mm. What is the wavelength of the light producing the fringes?
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NATURE OF LIGHT (PROBLEMS) Problem 9.1. How many fringes will pass a reference point if the mirror of a Michelson's interferometer is moved by 0.08 mm. The wavelength of light used is 5800Ã…. Problem 9.2. In a double slit experiment the separation of the…
Problem 8.10. A car has siren sounding a 2 kHz tone. What frequency will be detected as stationary observer as the car approaches him at 80 km/h? Speed of sound = 1200 km/h.
Problem 8.9. An ambulance travels down a highway at a speed of 75 mi/h. Its siren emits sound at a frequency heard by a person in a car traveling at 55 mi/h in the opposite direction as the car approaches the ambulance and as the car moves away from the ambul…
Continue ReadingProblem 8.8. A 256 Hz tuning fork produces four beats per second when sounded with another fork of unknown frequency. What are two possible values for the unknown frequency?
Problem 8.7. The frequency of the second harmonic of an open pipe (open at both ends) is equal to the frequency of the second harmonic of a closed pipe (open at one end). (a) Find the ratio of the length of the closed pipe to the length of the open pipe.(b) I…
Problem 8.6. A sound wave propagating in air has a frequency of 4000 Hz. Calculate the percent change in wavelength when the wavefront, initially in a region where T = 27°C, enters a region where the air temperature decreases to 10°C.
Problem 8.5. Calculate the speed of sound in air at atmospheric pressure P = 1.01 x 10°N/m?, taking λ = 1.40 and p = 1.2kg/m3.
Continue ReadingProblem 8.3. A pipe has a length of 2.46 m. (a) Determine the frequencies of the fundamental mode and the first two overtones if the pipe is open at both ends. Take v = 344 m/s as the speed of sound in air. (b) What are the frequencies determined in (a) if th…
Problem 8.2. A body hanging from a spring is set into motion and the period of oscillation is found to be 0.50 s. After the body has come to rest, it is removed. How much shorter will the spring be when it comes to rest?
Problem 8.1. An object is connected to one end of a horizontal spring whose other end is fixed. The object is pulled to the right (in the positive x-direction) by an externally applied force of magnitude 20 N causing the spring to stretch through a displaceme…
WAVE MOTION AND SOUND (PROBLEMS) Problem 8.1. An object is connected to one end of a horizontal spring whose other end is fixed. The object is pulled to the right (in the positive x-direction) by an externally applied force of magnitude 20 N causing the spr…
Problem 7.8. A rocket of mass 0.200 kg is launched from rest. It reaches a point p lying at a height 30.0 m above the surface of the earth from the starting point. In the process + 425 J of work is done on the rocket by the burning chemical propellant. Ignori…
Continue ReadingProblem 7.7. A body of mass ‘m’ accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed Vy in time ty. Show that the work done on the body as a function of time ‘t’, in terms of Vy and ty, is 1/2m(Vf2/tf2)t2.
Continue ReadingProblem 7.6. A horse pulls a cart horizontally with a force of 40 Ib at an angle 30° above the horizontal and moves along at a speed of 6.0 miles/hr. (a) How much work does the horse do in 10 minutes? (b) What is the power out put of the horse?
Continue ReadingProblem 7.5. A pump is needed to lift water through a height of 2.5 m at the rate of 500 g/min. What must the minimum horse power of the pump be?
Continue Reading19. Two blocks each weighing 196N rest on planes as shown in fig. 3.24. If the planes and pulleys are frictionless, find the acceleration and tension in the cord.
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