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Which of the following statements about sound is correct?

  • A. when sound travels from air to a denser medium, it is refracted away from the normal at the point of incidence
  • B. sound travels faster in air than in water
  • C. the wavelength of sound changes when it travels from to water
  • D. the frequency of it travels from air to water
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712

The diagram above shows the wire of a sonometer box set into resonance by a vibrating tuning fork of frequency f, when the wire is stretched by a tension T, the resonating length of the wire is I while the wavelength of the sound produced is \(\lambda\). Which of the following statements is not correct? The wave produced on the wire is

  • A. stationary and lonitudinal
  • B. stationary and mechanical
  • C. mechanical and longitudinal
  • D. progessive and transverse
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713

The diagram above shows the wire of a sonometer box set into resonance by a vibrating tuning fork of frequency f, when the wire is stretched by a tension T, the resonating length of the wire is I while the wavelength of the sound produced is \(\lambda\). Which of the following statements about the frequency of vibration of the wire is not correct?

  • A. proportional to the mass per unit length of the wire
  • B. equal to the frequency of the tuning fork
  • C. inversely proportional to the length of the wire
  • D. proportional to the sqare root of the tension
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If the frequency of the tuning fork at resonance is 256Hz, calculate the frequency of vibration of the wire when the tension in he wire is increased to 196N
  • A. 130.6Hz
  • B. 182.9Hz
  • C. 358.4Hz
  • D. 501.8Hz
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715
The magnitude of the gravitational force between two particles 0.10m apart is 10N. If the distance between them is increased to 0.20m, calculate the magnitude of the new force
  • A. 40.0N
  • B. 20.0N
  • C. 5.0N
  • D. 2.5N
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