Questions from Modern Physics


Q: Two loudspeakers, A and B, are driven by the same

Two loudspeakers, A and B, are driven by the same amplifier and emit sinusoidal waves in phase. Speaker B is 12.0 m to the right of speaker A. The frequency of the waves emitted by each speaker is 688...

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Q: The rate at which radiant energy from the sun reaches the earth’s

The rate at which radiant energy from the sun reaches the earth’s upper atmosphere is about 1.50 kW/m2. The distance from the earth to the sun is 1.50 × 1011 m, and the radius of the sun is 6.96 × 108...

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Q: Two loudspeakers, A and B, are driven by the same

Two loudspeakers, A and B, are driven by the same amplifier and emit sinusoidal waves in phase. The frequency of the waves emitted by each speaker is 172 Hz. You are 8.00 m from A. What is the closest...

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Q: Two small stereo speakers are driven in step by the same variable

Two small stereo speakers are driven in step by the same variable-frequency oscillator. Their sound is picked up by a microphone arranged as shown in Fig. E16.39. For what frequencies does their sound...

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Q: Convert the following Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit: (a)

Convert the following Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit: (a) -62.8C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in North America (February 3, 1947, Snag, Yukon); (b). 56.7C, the highest temperature ever...

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Q: Two guitarists attempt to play the same note of wavelength 64.

Two guitarists attempt to play the same note of wavelength 64.8 cm at the same time, but one of the instruments is slightly out of tune and plays a note of wavelength 65.2 cm instead. What is the freq...

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Q: A violinist is tuning her instrument to concert A (440 Hz

A violinist is tuning her instrument to concert A (440 Hz). She plays the note while listening to an electronically generated tone of exactly that frequency and hears a beat frequency of 3 Hz, which i...

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Q: The motors that drive airplane propellers are, in some cases,

The motors that drive airplane propellers are, in some cases, tuned by using beats. The whirring motor produces a sound wave having the same frequency as the propeller. (a). If one single-bladed prop...

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Q: A machinist bores a hole of diameter 1.35 cm in

A machinist bores a hole of diameter 1.35 cm in a steel plate that is at 25.0°C. What is the cross-sectional area of the hole (a). at 25.0°C and (b) when the temperature of the plate is increased to...

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Q: In Example 16.18 (Section 16.8), suppose

In Example 16.18 (Section 16.8), suppose the police car is moving away from the warehouse at 20 m/s. What frequency does the driver of the police car hear reflected from the warehouse?

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