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Self-Study Problems: Answer (A)

This document contains a self-study physics problem set with multiple choice and short answer questions about wave properties including: 1) A person detecting no sound while standing between two facing sound sources producing a standing wave. 2) Two identical speakers producing constructive interference at a specific wavelength distance from the speakers. 3) Calculating the length of a guitar string from its second harmonic frequency and wave speed. 4) Finding the distance between a node and antinode for the third harmonic of an organ pipe of a given length. 5) Determining if a violin frequency creating beats with a piano note could be less than, equal to, or greater than the piano note frequency.

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Self-Study Problems: Answer (A)

This document contains a self-study physics problem set with multiple choice and short answer questions about wave properties including: 1) A person detecting no sound while standing between two facing sound sources producing a standing wave. 2) Two identical speakers producing constructive interference at a specific wavelength distance from the speakers. 3) Calculating the length of a guitar string from its second harmonic frequency and wave speed. 4) Finding the distance between a node and antinode for the third harmonic of an organ pipe of a given length. 5) Determining if a violin frequency creating beats with a piano note could be less than, equal to, or greater than the piano note frequency.

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UIC PHYSICS 105 Fall 2014 Self-Study Problems 14

Self-Study Problems
MCQ1: Two 340 Hz sound sources facing each other produce sound waves which travel at 340 m/s towards each
other. As a result a standing wave is produced between the sources. A person stands between the sources at a
particular location and detects no sounds at all. The person then walks directly towards one of the sources and
stop when they hear a maximum loudness in the sound. How far did the person walk?
(A) 0.25 m
(B) 0.50 m
(C) 0.75 m
(D) 1.00 m
Answer (A):
∆
The distance between two nodes is ∆ /2  . /  = 0.25 m
∙

MCQ2: Two small identical speakers are connected (in phase) to


the same source. The speakers are 3 m apart and at ear level. An
observer stands at X, 4 m in front of one speaker as shown to the
right. If the amplitudes are not changed, the sound he hears will be
most intense if the wavelength is:
(A) 1 m
(B) 2 m Answer (A):
(C) 3 m 4 m and √3 4 5 m  | | 1 m (constructive
(D) 4 m interference)
(E) 5 m

MCQ3: The second harmonic of a guitar string has a frequency of 165 Hz. If the speed of waves on the string is
120 m/s, what is the string’s length?
(A) 0.73 m Answer (A):
(B) 0.79 m , where n = 1, 2, 3, …
(C) 0.81 m n = 2  / = 120/165 = 0.73 m
(D) 0.85 m

MCQ4: An organ pipe that is enclosed at one end has a length of 0.80 m. What is the distance between a node
and adjacent antinode for the 3rd harmonic?
(A) 0.16 m
(B) 0.20 m Answer (C): Distance d = (1/4) λ, λ = 4L/n, n = 3  d = (1/4)·4L/n = (1/4)·4·0.8/3 = 0.27 m
(C) 0.27 m
(D) 0.40 m

MCQ5: A violinist tuning her instrument to a piano note of 264 Hz detects three beats per second. The frequency
of the violin could be
(A) less than 264 Hz Answer (D): | | = 3 Hz = | 264|  , i.e. can be both
(B) equal to 264 Hz less than 264 Hz and greater that 264 Hz
(C) greater than 264 Hz
(D) both A and C

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UIC PHYSICS 105 Fall 2014 Self-Study Problems 14

SP1: Ocean waves pass through two small opening in a


breakwater. The opening are w = 20 m apart, as shown in the
figure to the right. You are in a small boat on a perpendicular
line midway between the two opening, L = 75 m from the
breakwater. You row d = 33 m parallel to the breakwater and,
for the first time, find yourself in relatively calm water. What is
the wavelength of the wave?
Solution:
Finding calm water means finding a point P where the waves
from opening A and B cancel each other at that point, i.e.
AP  BP = /2

√75 43 = 86.5 m

√75 23 = 78.4 m.
So, 2 = 16 m

SP2: In the figure to the right, S is a small loudspeaker driven by an audio oscillator
with a frequency that is varied from 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz, and D is a cylindrical pipe
with two open ends and a length of 45.7 cm. The speed of sound in the air-filled pipe
is 343 m/s.

(a) [4 points] What is the lowest frequency standing wave that can be formed in the
pipe?
Solution:
Pipe is open at both ends, s o where n = 1, 2, 3 …
For n = 1, = 375 Hz
∙ .

(b) [6 points] At how many frequencies does the sound from the loudspeaker set up standing waves in the pipe?
Solution:
Pipe is open at both ends, so , where n = 1, 2, 3 … or
For 1000 Hz, 1000 ∙ 2 ∙ 0.457/343 =3
For 2000 Hz, 2000 ∙ 2 ∙ 0.457/343 =5

So, three standing waves, f3, f4, and f5 can be formed in the pipe by the speaker

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