Practice Problems
Assorted Resonance
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Question 1
What is the wave speed of a wave traveling through a long spring if its frequency is 14 Hz and its wavelength is 2 m.
0.14 m/sec
28.0 m/sec
16.0 m/sec
7.00 m/sec
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Question 2
Given that the spring in
Question 1
does not change, what would be the wave's new wavelength if the frequency of oscillation were to be doubled?
2.00 meters
4.00 meters
14.0 meters
1.00 meters
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Question 3
A string vibrates at 592 Hz with a wavelength of 2 meters. If the wavelength is shortened by 0.5 meters, what is its new frequency?
789 Hz
444 Hz
2368 Hz
1184 Hz
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Question 4
A fundamental fixed-fixed standing wave is generated along a 1.4-meter string when its frequency is 592 Hz. What would be the frequency of a 3rd harmonic wave generated along this same string?
1776 Hz
888 Hz
197 Hz
1658 Hz
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Question 5
The speed of sound inside a 0.49-meter long open-closed tube (fixed-free) is 343 m/sec.What are its first three resonate frequencies?
175 Hz, 525 Hz, 875 Hz
350 Hz, 700 Hz, 1050 Hz
175 Hz, 350 Hz, 525 Hz
350 Hz, 1050 Hz, 1750 Hz
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Question 6
If the tube in
Question 5
was now opened on both ends (free-free), what would be its new first three resonate frequencies?
350 Hz, 1050 Hz, 1750 Hz
175 Hz, 350 Hz, 525 Hz
350 Hz, 700 Hz, 1050 Hz
175 Hz, 525 Hz, 875 Hz
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Question 7
The lowest frequency that a conch shell is able to produce is 350 Hz, if the resonating dimension is 0.245 meters and the wave speed is 343 m/s, what type of standing wave is being created?
fixed-free
free-free
cannot be determined
fixed-fixed
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Question 8
What is the speed of sound in a chamber (fixed-free) that is 2 meters deep if sound is resonating at 592 Hz?
592 m/sec
296 m/sec
1184 m/sec
888 m/sec
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