JEE PHYSICS MCQ: WAVES

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Two transverse sinusoidal waves travel in opposite directions along a string. The speed of transverse waves in the string is

0.5 \mathrm{~cm} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}

. Each has an amplitude of

3.0 \mathrm{~cm}

and wavelength of

6.0 \mathrm{~cm}

. The equation for the resultant wave is

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Correct option: C

Both may be correct

Option C (Both may be correct) is correct because the equation represents a standing wave formed by the superposition of two waves, and the sine and cosine functions can be interchanged depending on the initial phase.

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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