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Progressive waves
9 past-paper questions on Progressive waves
The speed of sound in air is 340 m s-1. Determine the frequency of the sound wave.
Practise the full question →The wave is a water wave produced by a dipper S₁ attached to a vibrator in a ripple tank. An identical dipper S₂ is attached to…
Practise the full question →The horizontal distance between R and T is 0.62 cm, as shown in Fig. 4.2. The speed of the wave is 0.27 m s⁻¹. Calculate the…
Practise the full question →The power of the light incident on the solar panel is 750W. Calculate the intensity of the light. intensity =…
Practise the full question →The piston is moved to the left. The frequency of the sound wave emitted by the loudspeaker is then changed so that a stationary…
Practise the full question →Both waves have frequency 16 Hz. Determine the speed of wave X.
Practise the full question →Determine the wavelength, in nm, of this radiation as detected by the observer on the Earth.
Practise the full question →Calculate the frequency of the wave.
Practise the full question →The intensity of wave X is Ix. The intensity of wave Y is Iy. Use Fig. 3.1 to determine the ratio Ix / Iy.
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