Chapter 14

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Problem 14.14
A brother and sister try to communicate with a string tied between two tin cans (see the figure ).

Part A
If the string is 9.5 long, has a mass of 50 and is pulled taut with a tension of 7.0 , how much time

does it take for a wave to travel from one end of the string to the other? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: =

Problem 14.65
Two speakers with opposite phase are positioned 3.5 apart, both pointing toward a wall 5.0 in front of them (see the figure). An observer standing against the wall midway between the speakers hears destructive interference.

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Part A
If the observer hears constructive interference after moving 0.84 frequency of the sound emitted by the speakers? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: = to one side along the wall, what is the

Problem 14.76
The frequency of the standing wave shown in the figure is 172 .

Part A
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What is the fundamental frequency of this pipe? ANSWER: =

Part B
What is the length of the pipe? ANSWER: =

Problem 14.102
IP Jim is speeding toward James Island with a speed of 24 base of a cliff . Jim sounds his 330 horn. when he sees Betsy standing on shore at the

Part A
What frequency does Betsy hear? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: =

Part B
Jim can hear the echo of his horn reflected back to him by the cliff. Is the frequency of this echo greater than or equal to the frequency heard by Betsy? ANSWER:

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greater than equal to

Part C
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Part D
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Conceptual Exercise 14.70

A string is tied down at both ends. Some of the standing waves on this string have the following frequencies: 100 , 200 , 250 , and 300 . It is also known that there are no standing waves with frequencies between 250 and 300 .

Part A
What is the fundamental frequency of this string? Express your answer as a whole number. ANSWER: =

Part B
What is the frequency of the third harmonic? Express your answer as a whole number. ANSWER: =

Problem 14.63
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Two loudspeakers are placed at either end of a gymnasium, both pointing toward the center of the gym and equidistant from it. The speakers emit 306 sound that is in phase. An observer at the center of the gym experiences constructive interference.

Part A
How far toward either speaker must the observer walk to first experience destructive interference? ANSWER: =

Problem 14.48
A motorcycle and a police car are moving toward one another. The police car emits sound with a frequency of 502 and has a speed of 27.0 . The motorcycle has a speed of 13.0 .

Part A
What frequency does the motorcyclist hear? ANSWER: =

Problem 14.39
IP Twenty violins playing simultaneously with the same intensity combine to give an intensity level of 82.5 .

Part A
What is the intensity level of each violin? ANSWER: =

Part B
If the number of violins is increased to 40, will the combined intensity level be more than, less than, or equal to 165 ? ANSWER:

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more than less than equal to

Part C
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Problem 14.30
IP When you drop a rock into a well, you hear the splash 2.0 seconds later.

Part A
How deep is the well? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: =

Part B
If the depth of the well were doubled, would the time required to hear the splash be greater than, less than, or equal to 4.0 seconds? ANSWER: greater that less than equal to

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Problem 14.17
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Two steel guitar strings have the same length. String A has a diameter of 0.50 tension. String B has a diameter of 1.2 and is under a tension of 820.0 .

and is under 430.0

of

Part A
Find the ratio of the wave speeds, , in these two strings.

Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: =

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