Physics
Physics
1st Edition
Walker
ISBN: 9780133256925
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Page 480: Practice Problems

Exercise 47
Step 1
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### Theoretical reminder

We know that the wavelength and frequency determine the speed of a wave. They are related by the following formula:

$$
begin{equation}
v = lambda cdot f
end{equation}
$$

Step 2
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### Calculation

We know that for the first harmonic only half a wavelength fits on a string. Therefore the wavelength is:

$$
begin{align*}
lambda = 2L = 2 cdot 1.3text{ m} = 2.6text{ m}
end{align*}
$$

Since we now know the wavelength, and we know the speed to be equal $v = 22 ; frac{text{m}}{text{s}}$, the frequency of the wave can be determined using the formula (1) as follows:

$$
begin{align*}
v &= lambda cdot f \
f_1 &= frac{v}{lambda}
end{align*}
$$

Plugging in the numbers we get:

$$
begin{align*}
f_1 = frac{22 ; frac{text{m}}{text{s}}}{2.6text{ m}} approx 8.5text{ Hz}
end{align*}
$$

Result
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The frequency of the first harmonic is $f_1 = 8.5text{ Hz}$
Exercise 48
Step 1
1 of 3
### Theoretical reminder

We know that the wavelength and frequency determine the speed of a wave. They are related by the following formula:

$$
begin{equation}
v = lambda cdot f
end{equation}
$$

Step 2
2 of 3
### Analysis

For each harmonic the wavelength depends only on the length of the string, which is kept constant.

Since the wavelength is constant looking at formula (1) easily gives that to increase the frequency $f$ we need to increase the speed of the wave in the string, since:

$$
begin{align*}
f sim v
end{align*}
$$

Result
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To get the string in tune, and increase the frequency of the sound, we need to increase the speed of the wave in the string.
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