A rescue plane is moving to an emergency beacon that has a frequency of 15.2 kHz. The plane is traveling at 140 m/s.  (a) What is the wavelength of beacon picked up by the plane? (b) Can the people on the plane hear the beacon? (velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s)

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Q: An oceanic depth-sounding vessel surveys the ocean bottom with ultrasound waves that travel at 1530…

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Q: A speed radar aims microwaves with a frequency of 20 GHz at an incoming vehicle traveling at 135…

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Q: A car's siren emits a sinusoidal wave with frequency fₛ=280Hz, the speed of sound V = 270m/s and the…

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Q: An individual can hear sound waves from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, what is…

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Q: An open closed tube has a fundamental frequency of 200hz. Which of the following frequencies are not…

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A: Given Electromagnetic waves can form standing waves standing wave pattern formed from microwaves,…

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Q: Two loudspeakers produce the same pure-tone sound (that is, same frequency). A sound detector is…

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Q: The intensity of a sound wave emitted by a radio is 5.00 µW/m2. What is the sound level (in dB)?

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Q: What frequency is received by a stationary mouse just before being dispatched by a hawk flying at it…

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Q: A person is standing on the side of a road when a car approaches them at 50 m/s while honking their…

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Q: The speed of sound at 0°C in open air is 331.3m/sec. At what temperature would the wavelength of a…

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Q: A truck travels southbound on a highway at a speed of 14 m/s. A police car, traveling northbound at…

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Q: truck is moving at 33 m/s, and a car in front of the truck is moving in the same direction at 43…

A: Speed of source = vs = 33 m/s Speed of observer vo = 43 m/s Original frequency = 193 Hz

Q: A violin string with a length of 50 cm and a linear density of 0.650 grams/m  placed next to a…

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Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic waves are waves that consist of magnetic field and electric field components perpendicular to each other. These field components are also perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.