Waves
A wire of length 2L, is made by joining two
wires A and B of same length but different radii
r and 2r and made of the same material. It is
vibrating at a frequency such that the joint of
the two wires forms a node. If the number of
antinodes in wire A is p and that in B is q then
the ratio p : q is :

Both the trains are blowing whistles of same frequency 120 Hz. When O is 600 m away from S2 and distance between S1 and S2 is 800 m, the number of beats heard by O is ............ . [Speed of the sound = 330 m/s ............ .]
Explanation:

${f_1} = 120\left[ {{{330 + 10\,\cos \,53^\circ } \over {330 - 30\,\cos 37^\circ }}} \right]Hz$
${f_2} = 120\left[ {{{330 + 10} \over {330}}} \right]Hz$
$\Delta f = ({f_2} - {f_1}) = 120 \times \left[ {{{336} \over {306}} - {{34} \over {33}}} \right] = 8.13Hz$
List-I gives the above four strings while list-II lists the magnitude of some quantity.

If the tension in each string is T0, the correct match for the highest fundamental frequency in f0 units will be
List-I gives the above four strings while list-II lists the magnitude of some quantity.

The length of the strings 1, 2, 3 and 4 are kept fixed at L0, ${{3{L_0}} \over 2}$, ${{5{L_0}} \over 4}$ and ${{7{L_0}} \over 4}$ respectively. Strings 1, 2, 3 and 4 are vibrated at their 1st, 3rd, 5th and 14th harmonies, respectively such that all the strings have same frequency.
The correct match for the tension in the four strings in the units of T0 will be
Explanation:
From given data, we can draw the figure below.
Now, frequency of man behind is
${f_1} = f\left( {{v \over {v - {v_s}\cos \theta }}} \right)$
where, x is speed of sound in air, vs is speed of man and f is frequency of whistle. Therefore,
${f_1} = 1430\left( {{{330} \over {330 - 2 \times {5 \over {13}}}}} \right)$
Frequency of man in front is
${f_2} = f\left( {{v \over {v + {v_s}\cos \theta }}} \right) = 1430\left( {{{330} \over {330 + 1 \times {5 \over {13}}}}} \right)$
Now, frequency of beat is given as
$\Delta f = {f_1} - {f_2}$
$ = 1430\left( {{{330} \over {330 - {{10} \over {13}}}}} \right) - 1430\left( {{{330} \over {330 - {5 \over {13}}}}} \right)$
$ = 1430 \times 330\left( {\left[ {{1 \over {330 - {{10} \over {13}}}}} \right] - \left[ {{1 \over {330 - {5 \over {13}}}}} \right]} \right)$
$ = 1430 \times 330\left[ {{{13} \over {4280}} - {{13} \over {4295}}} \right]$
$ = {{1430 \times 330 \times 13 \times 15} \over {4280 \times 4295}}$ = 5.0058 Hz $\approx$ 5.00 Hz
y(x, t) = 0.5 sin $\left( {{{5\pi } \over 4}x} \right)\,$ cos(200 $\pi $t).
What is the speed of the travelling wave moving in the positive x direction ?
(x and t are in meter and second, respectively.)
What will be the beat frequency of the resulting signal in $Hz$? (Given that the speed of sound in air is $330\,m{s^{ - 1}}$ and the car reflects the sound at the frequency it has received).
Explanation:
It is given that the source emits sound of frequency f0 = 492 Hz. The car is approaching the source and the speed of car is v = 2 m/s.
Also, the speed of sound in air, vs = 330 m/s.

The frequency of sound received by car is given as
${f_1} = \left( {{{{V_s} + V} \over {{V_s}}}} \right){f_0} = \left( {{{330 + 2} \over {330}}} \right)492$
Here, f1 = 494.98 Hz, which is the frequency reflected by the car towards the source.
Therefore, now, the car acts as the source. The frequency of sound received by the source is
${f_2} = \left( {{{{V_s}} \over {{V_s} - v}}} \right){f_1} = \left( {{{330} \over {330 - 2}}} \right)494.98$
Here, f2 = 498 Hz. Therefore, the beat frequency of the resulting signal is
$\left| {{f_0} - {f_2}} \right| = \left| {492 - 498} \right| = 6$ Hz
(take ${\,\,g = 10m{s^{ - 2}}}$ )
Let v(t) represent the beat frequency measured by a person sitting in the car at time t. Let vP, vQ and vR be the beat frequencies measured at locations P, Q and R respectively. The speed of sound in air is 330 ms$-$1. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true regarding the sound heard by the person?
Explanation:
The intensity of a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude i.e., I0 = cA2, where c is a constant. The amplitudes of four harmonic waves are equal as their intensities are equal. Let these waves be travelling along the x direction with wave vector k and angular frequency $\omega$. The resultant displacement of these waves is given by
$y = {y_1} + {y_2} + {y_3} + {y_4}$
$ = A\sin (\omega t - kx + 0) + A\sin (\omega t - kx + \pi /3) + Asin(\omega t - kx + 2\pi /3) + A\sin (\omega t - kx + \pi )$
$ = A\sin (\omega t - kx + \pi /3) + Asin(\omega t - kx + 2\pi /3)$
$ = 2A\sin (\omega t - kx + \pi /2)\cos (\pi /6)$
$ = \sqrt 3 A\cos (\omega t - kx)$.
The amplitude of the resultant wave is ${A_r} = \sqrt 3 A$ and its intensity is ${I_r} = cA_r^2 = 3c{A^2} = 3{I_0}$.
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Two vehicles, each moving with speed u on the same horizontal straight road, are approaching each other. Wind blows along the road with velocity w. One of these vehicles blows a whistle of frequency f1. An observer in the other vehicle hears the frequency of the whistle to be f2. The speed of sound in still air is V. The correct statement(s) is(are)
A horizontal stretched string, fixed at two ends, is vibrating in its fifth harmonic according to the equation
y(x, t) = (0.01 m) sin[(62.8 m$-$1)x] cos[(628 s$-$1)t]
Assuming $\pi$ = 3.14, the correct statement(s) is(are)
Column I shows four systems, each of the same length L, for producing standing waves. The lowest possible natural frequency of a system is called its fundamental frequency, whose wavelength is denoted as $\lambda$f. Match each system with statements given in Column II describing the nature and wavelength of the standing waves :

The tension in the string is
A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f0, which is reflected by two cars approaching the source. The difference between the frequencies of sound reflected from the cars is 1.2% of f0. What is the difference in the speeds of the cars (in km per hour) to the nearest integer? The cars are moving at constant speeds much smaller than the speed of sound which is 330 ms$-$1.
Explanation:
Let car B be the observer (moving towards S).

The frequency observed is
${f_1} = {f_0}\left( {{{c + v} \over c}} \right)$
When sound gets reflected, the frequency observed by source S is
${f_2} = {f_1}\left( {{c \over {c - v}}} \right)$
where v is the speed of car and c is the speed of sound. Therefore,
${f_2} = {f_0}\left( {{{c + v} \over {c - v}}} \right)$
Now, $d{f_x} = {f_0}\left[ {{{(c - v)dv - (c + v)( - dv)} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}}} \right]$
$ = {{2{f_0}c\,dv} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}}$
That is,
${{2{f_0}c\,dv} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}} = \left( {{{1.2} \over {100}}} \right){f_0}$
$ \Rightarrow dv = {{1.2} \over {100}} \times {{{{(c - v)}^2}} \over {2c}}$
Since, v << c, we get c $-$ v $ \simeq $ c.
Therefore,
$dv = {{1.2} \over {100}} \times {c \over 2} = 1.98$ m/s
$ = 1.98 \times {{18} \over 5}$ km/h = 7 km/h.
When two progressive waves ${y_1} = 4\sin (2x - 6t)$ and ${y_2} = 3\sin \left( {2x - 6t - {\pi \over 2}} \right)$ are superimposed, the amplitude of the resultant wave is __________.
Explanation:
Here, ${y_1} = 4\sin (2x - 6t)$
${y_2} = 3\sin \left( {2x - 6t - {\pi \over 2}} \right)$
The phase difference between two waves is $\phi = {\pi \over 2}$
The amplitude of the resultant wave is
$A = \sqrt {A_1^2 + A_2^2 + 2{A_1}{A_2}\cos \phi } $
$ = \sqrt {{4^2} + {3^2} + 2 \times 4 \times 3 \times \cos {\pi \over 2}} = 5$
A 20 cm long string, having a mass of 1.0 g, is fixed at both the ends. The tension in the string is 0.5 N. The string is set into vibrations using an external vibrator of frequency 100 Hz. find the separation (in cm) between the successive nodes on the string.
Explanation:
The distance between the successive nodes is $\lambda/2$. Therefore,
${\lambda \over 2} = {V \over {2v}} = {1 \over {2 \times 100}}\sqrt {{{Tl} \over m}} = {1 \over {200}}\sqrt {{{0.5 \times 0.2} \over {{{10}^{ - 3}}}}} = {1 \over {20}}$ m = 5 cm

Under the influence of the Coulomb field of charge +Q, a charge $-$q is moving around it in an elliptical orbit. Find out the correct statement(s):







