Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22, Problem 40SP
(a) At what point should a stretched string be plucked to make its fundamental tone most prominent? At what point should it be plucked and then at what point touched (b) to make its first overtone most prominent and (c) to make its second overtone most prominent?
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 22 - Prob. 19SPCh. 22 - Prob. 20SPCh. 22 - Prob. 21SPCh. 22 - 22. A string has its tension doubled; all else...Ch. 22 - 23. A string has its total mass doubled; all else...Ch. 22 - 24. A string has both its total mass and length...Ch. 22 - 25. A transverse wave is set up on a taut string....Ch. 22 - 26. A light cord 10.0 m long has a mass of 50.0 g....Ch. 22 - 27. When driven by a 120-Hz vibrator, a string has...Ch. 22 - Prob. 28SP
Ch. 22 - 29. A copper wire 2.4 mm in diameter is 3.0 m long...Ch. 22 - 30. An explosion under the ocean creates a...Ch. 22 - Prob. 31SPCh. 22 - 22.32 [I] Someone bangs on the end of a long gold...Ch. 22 - 33. Show that the fundamental frequency of a taut...Ch. 22 - Prob. 34SPCh. 22 - 22.35 [II] A string resonates in three segments at...Ch. 22 - Prob. 36SPCh. 22 - Prob. 37SPCh. 22 - 22.38 [II] Steel and silver wires of the same...Ch. 22 - Prob. 39SPCh. 22 - 22.40 [II] (a) At what point should a stretched...Ch. 22 - 22.41 [II] What must be the length of an iron rod...Ch. 22 - 22.42 [II] A rod 120 cm long is clamped at the...Ch. 22 - 22.43 [II] A metal bar 6.0 m long, clamped at its...Ch. 22 - 22.44 [II] Determine the length of the shortest...Ch. 22 - 22.45 [II] A long, narrow pipe closed at one end...Ch. 22 - 22.46 [II] An organ pipe closed at one end is 61.0...
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