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प्रश्न
Explain a person walking past a railway line, in the middle of night hears a ringing sound along with the sound of his footsteps.
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उत्तर
When the vibrations produced by the feet of the person are impressed on the rails, they vibrate with forced vibrations, thereby producing a loud sound.
संबंधित प्रश्न
In the diagram below, A, B, C, D are four pendulums suspended from the same elastic string PQ. The length of A and C are equal to each other while the length of pendulum B is smaller than that of D. Pendulum A is set into a mode of vibrations
1) Name the type of vibrations taking place in pendulums B and D?
2) What is the state of pendulum C?
3) State the reason for the type of vibrations in pendulum B and C.
The adjacent diagram shows three different modes of vibrations P, Q and R of the same string.
(i) Which vibration will produce a louder sound and why?
(ii) The sound of which string will have maximum shrillness?
(iii) State the ratio of wavelengths of P and R.
What are forced vibrations?
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Name the phenomenon involved in tuning your radio set to a particular station and define it.
When a body vibrates under a periodic force, the vibrations of the body are ______.
A tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz will resonate with another tuning fork of frequency:
