Chapter 17: Q2PE (page 629)
What frequency sound has a 0.10 m wavelength when the speed of sound is 340 m/s?
Short Answer
The frequency is f = 3400 Hz
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Chapter 17: Q2PE (page 629)
What frequency sound has a 0.10 m wavelength when the speed of sound is 340 m/s?
The frequency is f = 3400 Hz
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Question: (a) What is the decibel level of a sound that is twice as intense as a \(90.0\;{\rm{dB}}\)sound? (b) What is the decibel level of a sound that is one-fifth as intense as a \(90.0\;{\rm{dB}}\)?
What length should an oboe have to produce a fundamental frequency of 110 Hz on a day when the speed of sound is 343 m/s? It is open at both ends.
Based on the graph inFigure\({\bf{17}}.{\bf{36}}\), what is the threshold of hearing
in decibels for frequencies of\({\bf{60}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{400}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{1000}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{4000}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{and}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{15}},{\bf{000}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{Hz}}\)? Note
that many AC electrical appliances produce 60 Hz, music is commonly
\({\bf{400}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{Hz}}\), a reference frequency is\({\bf{1000}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{Hz}}\), your maximum sensitivity
is near\({\bf{4000}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{Hz}}\), and many older TVs produce a\({\bf{15}},{\bf{750}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{Hz}}\)whine.
(a) If a submarine’s sonar can measure echo times with a precision of \(0.0100\;s\), what is the smallest difference in distances it can detect? (Assume that the submarine is in the ocean, not in fresh water.) (b) Discuss the limits this time resolution imposes on the ability of the sonar system to detect the size and shape of the object creating the echo.
(a) Find the intensity in watts per meter squared of a \({\rm{60}}{\rm{.0 Hz}}\)sound having a loudness of\({\bf{60}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{phons}}\). (b) Find the intensity in watts per meter squared of a\({\rm{10,000 Hz}}\)sound having a loudness of\({\bf{60}}{\rm{ }}{\bf{phons}}\).
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