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 9 Hz and its wavelength is 2 m.
4.50 m/sec
11.0 m/sec
0.22 m/sec
18.0 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?
9.0 meters
1.00 meters
4.00 meters
2.00 meters
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Question 3
A string vibrates at 333 Hz with a wavelength of 2 meters. If the wavelength is shortened by 0.5 meters, what is its new frequency?
444 Hz
250 Hz
666 Hz
1332 Hz
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Question 4
A fundamental fixed-fixed standing wave is generated along a 0.9-meter string when its frequency is 333 Hz. What would be the frequency of a 3rd harmonic wave generated along this same string?
111 Hz
599 Hz
999 Hz
499 Hz
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Question 5
The speed of sound inside a 0.47-meter long open-closed tube (fixed-free) is 343 m/sec.What are its first three resonate frequencies?
365 Hz, 1095 Hz, 1824 Hz
182 Hz, 365 Hz, 547 Hz
182 Hz, 547 Hz, 912 Hz
365 Hz, 730 Hz, 1095 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?
182 Hz, 547 Hz, 912 Hz
182 Hz, 365 Hz, 547 Hz
365 Hz, 1095 Hz, 1824 Hz
365 Hz, 730 Hz, 1095 Hz
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Question 7
The lowest frequency that a conch shell is able to produce is 365 Hz, if the resonating dimension is 0.235 meters and the wave speed is 343 m/s, what type of standing wave is being created?
fixed-free
fixed-fixed
free-free
cannot be determined
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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 333 Hz?
333 m/sec
666 m/sec
167 m/sec
500 m/sec
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