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Transverse waves are generated in two uniform steel wires

A

and

B

by attaching their free ends to a fork of frequency

500 \mathrm{~Hz}

. The diameter of wire

A

is half that of

B

and tension in wire

A

is half the tension in wire

B

. What is the ratio of velocities of waves in

A

and

B

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Correct option: B

\sqrt{2}: 1

Option B (

\sqrt{2}: 1

) is correct because the ratio of velocities is proportional to the square root of the ratio of tensions and inversely proportional to the square root of the ratio of mass per unit length.

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The source of sound generating a frequency of

3\,\,kHz

reaches an observer with a speed of

0.5

times, the velocity of sound in air. The frequency heard by the observer is A source of sound emits waves with frequency

f\mathrm{ }Hz

and speed

V\mathrm{ }m/sec

. Two observers move away from this source in opposite directions each with a speed

0.2\,\,V

relative to the source. The ratio of frequencies heard by the two observers will be Assertion: The wave function of a pulse is given by

y = \frac{3}{{{{\left( {2x + 3t} \right)}^2} + 4}},

it propagates in

(– \mathrm{ve}) \,x

-direction.
Reason: The given wave function is of the form

y = f(kx +\omega t),

which represent a wave travelling in negative

X

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0.01\,\,s

. the fundamental frequency is A rope

5 \mathrm{~m}

long has a total mass of

245 \mathrm{~g}

. It is stretched with a constant tension of

1 \mathrm{~kg}

wt. If it is fixed at one end and shaken by hand at the other end, what frequency of shaking will make it break up into three vibrating segments? Take

g=980 \mathrm{~cm} \mathrm{~s}^{-2}

. If

T

is the reverberation time of an auditorium of volume

V

then