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प्रश्न
An electrically maintained tuning fork vibrates with constant frequency and constant amplitude. If the temperature of the surrounding air increases but pressure remains constant, the produced will have
(a) larger wavelength
(b) larger frequency
(c) larger velocity
(d) larger time period.
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उत्तर
(a) larger wavelength
(c) larger velocity
The velocity varies with temperature as \[v \propto \sqrt{T}\].Therefore, it increases. Since the frequency remains constant, the wavelength will increase as \[\lambda \propto v\]
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