Thursday, March 6, 2008

Wave Motion Solutions

Q10 . The water sloshing back and forth has a specific frequency associated with it because of the size of the pan and the speed of the waves on the surface of the water. The only way to get the water to slosh is if the swinging occurs at this special frequency.

Q18 (Not 8, I'm sorry!). Hitting across the end creates a transverse wave, hitting perpendicular to the end creates a longitudinal wave.

Problems.
34. 2.83 m/s
35. 1.259 m
39. 0.332 s
41. The speed of sound in water is 1440 m/s. The sound must travel down to the ocean floor and back. The distance is therefore 2160 meters.

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