The two highest-pitch strings on a violin are tuned to 440 Hz (the A string) and 659 Hz (the E string). What is the ratio of the mass of the A string to that of the E string? Violin strings are all the same length and under essentially the same tension.
18. Waves & Sound
Standing Waves
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Standing waves on a 1.0-m-long string that is fixed at both ends are seen at successive frequencies of 36 Hz and 48 Hz. Draw the standing-wave pattern when the string oscillates at 48 Hz.
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What are the three longest wavelengths for standing waves on a 60 cm long string that is fixed at both ends?
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FIGURE EX17.6 shows a standing wave oscillating at 100 Hz on a string. What is the wave speed?
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A string under tension has a fundamental frequency of 220 Hz. What is the fundamental frequency if the tension is doubled?
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INT One end of a 75-cm-long, 2.5 g guitar string is attached to a spring. The other end is pulled, which stretches the spring. The guitar string's second harmonic occurs at 550 Hz when the spring has been stretched by 5.0 cm. What is the value of the spring constant?
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A violinist places her finger so that the vibrating section of a 1.0 g/m string has a length of 30 cm, then she draws her bow across it. A listener nearby in a 20°C room hears a note with a wavelength of 40 cm. What is the tension in the string?
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FIGURE EX17.7 shows a standing wave on a string that is oscillating at 100 Hz. How many antinodes will there be if the frequency is increased to 200 Hz?
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The fundamental frequency of a violin string is 441 Hz when unfingered. What is its fundamental frequency if it is fingered one-third of the way down from the end? (That is, only two-thirds of the string vibrates as a standing wave.)
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The speed of waves on a string is 96 m/s. If the frequency of standing waves is 435 Hz, how far apart are two adjacent nodes?
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A guitar string is 91 cm long and has a mass of 3.2 g. The vibrating portion of the string from the bridge to the support post is ℓ = 64cm and the string is under a tension of 520 N. What are the frequencies of the fundamental and first two overtones?
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The displacement of a standing wave on a string is given by D = 2.4 sin ( 0.60x ) cos (42t) , where x and D are in centimeters and t is in seconds. What is the distance (cm) between nodes?
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The displacement of a standing wave on a string is given by D = 2.4sin(0.60x)cos(42t), where x and D are in centimeters and t is in seconds. Give the amplitude, frequency, and speed of each of the component waves.
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A particular violin string plays at a frequency of 294 Hz. If the tension is increased 22%, what will the new frequency be?
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When you slosh the water back and forth in a tub at just the right frequency, the water alternately rises and falls at each end, remaining relatively calm at the center. Suppose the frequency to produce such a standing wave in a 45-cm-wide tub is 0.85 Hz. What is the speed of the water wave?
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