151.
String 1 is connected with string 2. The mass per unit length in string 1 is $${\mu _1}$$ and the mass per unit length in string 2 is $${4\,\mu _1}.$$ The tension in the strings is $$T.$$ A travelling wave is coming from the left. What fraction of the energy in the incident wave goes into string 2 ?
152.
A person speaking normally produces a sound intensity of $$40\,dB$$ at a distance of $$1\,m.$$ If the threshold intensity for reasonable audibility is $$20\,dB,$$ the maximum distance at which he can be heard clearly is
Standing waves are produced when two waves propagate in opposite direction.
As $${z_1}\,\& \,{z_2}$$ are propagating in $$+ve$$ $$x$$ -axis $$\& \, - ve$$ $$x$$ -axis
So, $${z_1} + {z_2}$$ will represent a standing wave.
154.
A tuning fork of frequency $$512\,Hz$$ makes $$4$$ beat/s with the vibrating string of a piano. The beat frequency decreases to $$2$$ beat/s when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased. The frequency of the piano string before increasing the tension was
Let $${n_p}$$ be the frequency of piano
$${\text{As}}\,\,\left( {{n_p} \propto \sqrt T } \right)$$
$${n_f} = $$ frequency of tuning fork $$= 512\,Hz$$
$$x =$$ Beat frequency = 4 beats/s, which is decreasing $$\left( {4 \to 2} \right)$$ after changing the tension of piano wire.
Also, tension of piano wire is increasing so $${n_p} \uparrow $$
$$\eqalign{
& {\text{Hence,}}\,\,{n_p} \uparrow - {n_f} = x \downarrow \to {\text{wrong}} \cr
& {n_f} - {n_p} \uparrow = x \downarrow \to {\text{correct}} \cr
& {n_p} = {n_f} - x = 512 - 4 = 508\,Hz \cr} $$
155.
Velocity of sound waves in air is $$330\,m/s.$$ For a particular sound wave in air, path difference of $$40\,cm$$ is equivalent to phase difference of $$1.6\,\pi .$$ The frequency of this wave is
At a given time ($$t$$ = constant), the phase changes with position $$x.$$ The phase change $$\left( {\Delta \phi } \right)$$ at a given time for a wavelength $$\left( \lambda \right)$$ for a distance $$\Delta x$$ is given by
$$\eqalign{
& \Delta \phi = \frac{{2\pi }}{\lambda }\Delta x\,.......\left( {\text{i}} \right) \cr
& {\text{From}}\,{\text{Eq}}{\text{.}}\,\left( {\text{i}} \right) \cr
& \Delta x = \frac{\lambda }{{2\,\pi }} \cdot \Delta \phi \,\,{\text{or}}\,\,\lambda = 2\,\pi \cdot \frac{{\Delta x}}{{\Delta \phi }} \cr
& {\text{Here,}}\,\,\Delta x = 0.4\,m \cr
& \Delta \phi = 1.6\,\pi \cr
& \therefore \lambda = 2\,\pi \cdot \frac{{0.4}}{{1.6\,\pi }} = 0.5 \cr
& \therefore {\text{Frequency of wave is }}\nu = \frac{v}{\lambda } = \frac{{330}}{{0.5}} = 660\,Hz \cr
& {\text{where,}}\,\,v = 330\,m/s = {\text{velocity}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{sound}} \cr} $$
156.
A police car moving at $$22\,m/s,$$ chases a motorcyclist. The policeman sounds his horn at $$176\,Hz,$$ while both of them move towards a stationary siren of frequency $$165\,Hz.$$ The speed of the motorcycle, if it is given that he does not observe any beats is
$$176\left( {\frac{{v - {v_0}}}{{v - 22}}} \right) = 165\frac{{v + {v_0}}}{v}$$
Here $$v = 330\,m/s,$$ after simplifying, we get $${v_0} = 22\,m/s.$$
157.
A police car with a siren of frequency $$8\,kHz$$ is moving with uniform velocity $$36\,km/hr$$ towards a tall building which reflects the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is $$320\,m/s.$$ The frequency of the siren heard by the car driver is
158.
The fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe of length $$20\,cm$$ is equal to the second overtone of an organ pipe open at both the ends. The length of organ pipe open at both the ends is
The fundamental frequencies of closed and open organ pipe are given as
$${\nu _c} = \frac{v}{{4l}} \Rightarrow {\nu _o} = \frac{v}{{2l'}}$$
Given the second overtone (i.e. third harmonic) of open pipe is equal to the fundamental frequency of closed pipe
$$\eqalign{
& {\text{i}}{\text{.e}}{\text{.}}\,\,3{\nu _o} = {\nu _c} \cr
& \Rightarrow 3\frac{v}{{2l'}} = \frac{v}{{4l}} \cr
& \Rightarrow l' = 6l = 6 \times 20 = 120\,cm \cr} $$
159.
A cylindrical tube open at both ends, has a fundamental frequency $$'f'$$ in air. The tube is dipped vertically in air. The tube is dipped vertically in water so that half of it is in water. The fundamental frequency of the air column in now
160.
Two trains move towards each other with the same speed. The speed of sound is $$340\,m/s.$$ If the height of the tone of the whistle of one of them heard on the other changes $$\frac{9}{8}$$ times, then the speed of each train should be
According to Doppler’s effect, whenever there is a relative motion between a source of sound and listener, the apparent frequency of sound heard by the listener is different from the actual frequency of sound emitted by the source.
Apparent frequency of sound wave heard by the listener is
$$\nu ' = \frac{{v - {v_l}}}{{v - {v_s}}} \times \nu $$
where, $$\nu $$ is actual frequency of sound emitted by the source, $${{v_s}}$$ is velocity of source and $${{v_l}}$$ is velocity of listener.
According to problem, $$\nu ' = \frac{9}{8}\nu $$ and source and observe! are moving in opposite directions with same speed (say $$v$$), then apparent frequency
$$\nu ' = \nu \times \left( {\frac{{v + {v_l}}}{{v - {v_s}}}} \right)$$
$$\eqalign{
& \therefore \frac{9}{8}\nu = \nu \times \frac{{340 + v}}{{340 - v}} \cr
& \therefore 17v = 340 \cr
& {\text{or}}\,\,v = \frac{{340}}{{17}} = 20\,m/s \cr} $$