16.9 Waves
Wavelength, amplitude, period, and frequency of transverse and longitudinal disturbances, with propagation speed as wavelength times frequency.
8 exercises
16.9 Exercise 1
Why is it important to differentiate between longitudinal and transverse waves?
16.9 Exercise 2
What is the difference between the waves coming from a tuning fork and electromagnetic waves?
16.9 Exercise 4
Why is the sound produced by a tambourine different from that produced by drums?
16.9 Exercise 9
Storms in the South Pacific can create waves that travel all the way to the California coast, which are 12,000 km away. How long does it take them if they travel at 15.0 m/s?
16.9 Exercise 11
Wind gusts create ripples on the ocean that have a wavelength of 5.00 cm and propagate at 2.00 m/s. What is their frequency?
16.9 Exercise 13
Scouts at a camp shake the rope bridge they have just crossed and observe the wave crests to be 8.00 m apart. If they shake the bridge twice per second, what is the propagation speed of the waves?
16.9 Exercise 15
What is the wavelength of an earthquake that shakes you with a frequency of 10.0 Hz and gets to another city 84.0 km away in 12.0 s?
16.9 Exercise 17
Your ear is capable of differentiating sounds that arrive at the ear just 1.00 ms apart. What is the minimum distance between two speakers that produce sounds that arrive at noticeably different times on a day when the speed of sound is 340 m/s?
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