If the initial tension on a stretched string is doubled, then the ratio of the initial and final speeds of a transverse wave along the string is [2022]
1 : 1
1 : 2
(3)
Velocity of a transverse wave in a stretched string is given by
...(i)
Where is the tension in the string and is the mass per unit length of the string.
If tension is doubled, then final speed of the wave in the string will be,
...(ii)
From eq. (i) and (ii)
A uniform rope of length and mass hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is . The ratio is [2016]
(4)
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Wavelength of pulse at the lower end,
Similarly,
4.0 g of a gas occupies 22.4 litres at NTP. The specific heat capacity of the gas at constant volume is . If the speed of sound in this gas at NTP is , then the heat capacity at constant pressure is (Take gas constant R = 8.3 ) [2015]
(3)
Since 4.0 g of a gas occupies 22.4 litres at NTP, so the molecular mass of the gas is
As the speed of sound in the gas is
where is the ratio of two specific heats, is the universal gas constant and is the temperature of the gas.
Here, ,
and
(at NTP)
By definition, or
But and