Two waves of wavelength 50 cm and 51 cm produce 12 beats. The speed of sound is
306 m/s
331 m/s
340 m/s
360 m/s
Two waves of same frequency and intensity superimpose on each other in opposite phases. After the superposition, the intensity and frequency of waves will
increase
decrease
remain constant
become zero
A star which is emitting radiation at a wavelength of 5000 is approaching the earth with a velocity of 1.50 x106 m/s. The change in wavelength of the radiation as received on the earth is
Which one of the following statements is true ?
Both light and sound waves in air are transverse.
The sound waves in air are longitudinal while the light waves are transverse
Both light and sound wavesin air are longitudinal
Both light and sound waves can travel in vacuum
A car is moving towards a high cliff. The car driver sounds a horn of frequency f. The reflected sound heard by the driver has a frequency 2f. If v be the velocity of sound, then the velocity of the car, in the same velocity units, will be
The phase difference between two waves represented by
where x is expressed in metre and t is expressed in second, is approximately
1.07 rad
2.07 rad
0,5 rad
1.5 rad
Standing wavesare produced in a 10 m long stretched string. If the string vibrates in 5 segments and the wave velocity is 20 m/s, the 5 segments and the wave velocity is 20 m/s, the frequency is
10 Hz
5 Hz
4 Hz
2 Hz
A transverse wave propagating along x-axis is represented by
Where x is in metre and t is in second. The speed of the wave is
A cylindrical reasonance tube open at both ends, has a fundamental frequency f, in air. If half of the length is dipped vertically in water, the fudamental frequency of the air column will be
The driver of a car travelling with speed 30 ms-1 towards a hill sounds a horn of frequency 600 Hz. If the veocity of sound in air is 330 ms-1, the frequency of reflected sound as heard by driver is
550 Hz
555.5 Hz
720 Hz
500 Hz