Two tuning forks are designed to produce sound at the same frequency of 440 Hz. However, due to slight manufacturing defects, the frequency of one is actually 440.5 Hz and the other is 439.5 Hz. When both tuning forks are struck simultaneously, a beat frequency is heard. Calculate the frequency of the beats. If the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, calculate the wavelength difference between the waves produced by the two tuning
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
Two tuning forks are designed to produce sound at the same frequency of 440 Hz. However, due to slight manufacturing defects, the frequency of one is actually 440.5 Hz and the other is 439.5 Hz. When both tuning forks are struck simultaneously, a beat frequency is heard.
Calculate the frequency of the beats.
If the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, calculate the wavelength difference between the waves produced by the two tuning forks.
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