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प्रश्न
Describe an experiment to show that sound can travel in water.
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उत्तर
Take a tub filled with water. Hold a bell in one hand and dip it in water. Keep one of your ears gently on the surface of water without letting water into the ear. Now ring the bell inside water. You will be able to hear the sound clearly. This shows that sound can travel through liquids.
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A sound wave travels at a speed of 339 m s−1. If its wavelength is 1.5 cm, what is the frequency of the wave? Will it be audible?
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 500 m high into a pond of water at the base of the tower. When is the splash heard at the top? Given, g = 10 m s−2 and speed of sound = 340 m s−1.
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The speed of sound in water is
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Write the formula for speed of sound in a gas using Laplace correction.
Numerical problem.
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 750 m high into a pond of water at the base of the tower. Calculate the number of seconds for the splash to be heard? (Given g = 10 m s–2 and speed of sound = 340 m s–1)
When temperature increases the speed of sound ______.
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Numerical problems:
Two persons are at opposite ends of a steel rod. One strikes the end of the rod with a stone. Find the ratio of time taken by the sound wave in the air and in steel to reach the second person. (Sound of speed in steel = 5960 ms-1, Sound of speed in air = 344 ms-1).
Numerical problems:
A Sound wave travels at a speed of 344 ms-1. If the wavelength is 1.5 cm, what is the frequency of the Wave? Will it be audible?
