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mst3kjunkie
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Here are the three problems I'm having trouble with:
Homework Statement
Two identical loudspeakers separated by distance d emit 170 Hz sound waves along the x-axis. As you walk along the axis, away from the speakers, you don't hear anything even though both speakers are on. What are three possible values for d? Assume a sound speed of 340 m/s.
Homework Equations
phase difference = 2*Pi*(change in r/wavelength)+initial phase difference=2(m+1/2)Pi
interference is destructive if the path-length difference r=(m+1/2)wavelength
The Attempt at a Solution
find the wavelength
f=v/2L = v/wavelength
wavelength=v/f =340/170 =2
d=(m+1/2)wavelength
for m=0: d=1m
m=1: d=2m
m=2 d=3m
did I do this correctly?
Homework Statement
A steel wire is used to stretch a spring. An oscillating magnetic field drives the steel wire back and forth. A standing wave with three antinodes is created when the spring is stretched 8.0cm. What stretch of the spring produces a standing wave with two antinodes
Homework Equations
unsure
The Attempt at a Solution
the wave is in the third harmonic. The wavelength can be found using
wavelength=4L/m =4(.08)/3 = 8/75
I'm not sure how to get to the book's answer of 18 cm.
Homework Statement
Two loudspeakers 5.0m apart are playing the same frequency. If you stand 12.0 m in from of the plane of the speakers, centered between them, you hear a sound of maximum intensity. As you walk parallel to the plane of the speakers, staying 12.0m in front of them, you first hear a minimum of sound intensity when you are directly in from of one of the speakers.
a. what is the frequency of the sound? Assume a sound speed of 340 m/s
b. If you stay 12.0m in front of one of the speakers, for what other frequencies between 100 Hz and 1000 Hz is there a minimum sound intensity at this point?
Homework Equations
unsure for part b
The Attempt at a Solution
I've solved part a, f=170 Hz.
I don't even know how to start part b.