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Sound — Science STD 9 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceSound3 Marks
Question
A device called oscillator is used to send waves along a stretched string. The string is 20cm long, and four complete waves fit along its length when the oscillator vibrates 30 times per second. For the waves on the string:
  1. What is their wavelength?
  2. What is their frequency?
  3. What is their speed?
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Answer

  1. Given that there are four complete waves. So,
$\text{Wavelength}=\frac{\text{Total length of string}}{\text{Number of waves}}$

Therefore,

$\text{Wavelength}=\frac{20}{4}\text{cm}$

$=5\text{cm}$

$=0.05\text{m}$
  1. We have to calculate frequency. We know,
Frequency = (Vibration per second) × (Number of complete waves formed)

Therefore frequency,

Frequency = (30) × (4)Hz

= 120Hz
  1. Now we have to calculate the velocity of the wave.
Given: Frequency f = 120Hz

Wavelength $\lambda=0.05\text{m}$

We know the relation between velocity, frequency, and wavelength

$\text{v}=\text{f}\times\lambda$

Where,

ν is the velocity,

f the frequency,

$\lambda$ the wavelength.

Therefore,

ν = (120) × (0.05)m/s

= 6m/s

Therefore, velocity of the wave is 6m/s.

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