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- 1.
- A sound source, emitting at 
440 
Hz, is placed directly above a 
2.6 
m long tube which stands vertically 
with the top end (nearest the source) open 
and the bottom end closed.  
Water is poured into the tube.  
For which heights of the water column in the tube 
will resonance occur?  
 
- 2.
- A uniform steel wire is cut into two pieces of different length; 
wire #2 is 
1 times 
as long as wire #1.  
Each wire piece is fixed at both ends and placed under a tension of 
500 
N.  
If the lowest frequency of vibration of wire #1 is 
220 
Hz, what are the two lowest frequencies at which 
the two wires will resonate with each other? times 
as long as wire #1.  
Each wire piece is fixed at both ends and placed under a tension of 
500 
N.  
If the lowest frequency of vibration of wire #1 is 
220 
Hz, what are the two lowest frequencies at which 
the two wires will resonate with each other?
 
- 3.
- A ship is sailing due North at 
30 
km/hr.  Its radio officer is listening to the signals 
arriving simultaneously from two 
90 
MHz transmitters broadcasting in phase from positions 
1.1 
km apart on a North-South line 
55 
km West of the ship's path.  
What will be the time interval between detecting successive maxima 
of the received intensity?  
 
- 4.
- A submarine emits a sound signal at a frequency of 
1500 
Hz.  Maintaining a constant speed of 
100 
km/hr, it takes evasive action along the path ABCD 
shown at right.  Indicate graphically the wavelength 
observed at the stationary detector Q as a function of time, 
specifying precise values.  
[Note:  
 m/s  in water.] m/s  in water.]
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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