Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The total number of compressions and rarefactions produced per second in a sound wave is 1000. The frequency of the sound wave is __________.
Advertisements
Solution
The total number of compressions and rarefactions produced per second in a sound wave is 1000. The frequency of the sound wave is 500 Hz (One compression and rarefaction together makes a cycle of sound wave).
RELATED QUESTIONS
Select the correct alternative :
Sound travels the fastest in
How does a musician playing on a flute change the pitch of sound produced by it ?
Describe an experiment to estimate the speed of sound in air.
A person is listening to a tone of 500 Hz sitting at a distance of 450 m from the source of the sound. What is the time interval between successive compressions from the source?
Which characteristics of the sound helps you to identify your friend by his voice while sitting with others in a dark room?
Which of the following cannot transmit sound? Water, Vacuum, Aluminium, Oxygen gas
Draw the sketches of two waves A and B such that wave A has twice the wavelength and half the amplitude of wave B.
When the pitch of note produced by a harmonium is lowered, then the wavelength of the note :
Sound is produced by ______.
Describe an experiment to show that sound cannot travel through vaccum.
