Chapter 16: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. d and e. The wave speed depends on properties of the medium, not on how you generate the wave. For a string, v=Ts/μ. Increasing the tension or decreasing the linear density (lighter string) will increase the wave speed.

  2. 2. b. The wave is traveling to the right at 2.0 m/s, so each point on the wave passes x=0 m, the point of interest, 2.0 s before reaching x=4.0 m. The graph has the same shape, but everything happens 2.0 s earlier.

  3. 3. d. The wavelength—the distance between two crests—is seen to be 10 m. The frequency is f=v/λ=(50 m/s)/(10 m)=5 Hz.

  4. 4. nC>nA>nB. λ=λvac/n, so a shorter wavelength corresponds to a larger index of refraction.

  5. 5. e. A crest and an adjacent trough are separated by λ/2. This is a phase difference of π rad.

  6. 6. c. Any factor-of-2 change in intensity changes the sound intensity level by 3 dB. One trumpet is 14 the original number, so the intensity has decreased by two factors of 2.

  7. 7. c. Zack hears a higher frequency as he and the source approach. Amy is moving with the source, so fAmy=f0.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1. 110 N

  2. 3. 2.0 m

  3. 5.

    The figure illustrates the history graph of a wave.
  4. 7.

    The figure illustrates a snapshot graph of a wave.
  5. 9.

    The figure illustrates the particle positions of a longitudinal waves.
  6. 11.

    1. 4.2 m

    2. 48 Hz

  7. 13.

    1. 20 Hz

    2. 23.4 m

    3. 45 m/s

  8. 15. v=d/c

  9. 17. 510 MHz

  10. 19.

    1. 2.96 m

    2. 116 Hz

  11. 21.

    1. 10 GHz

    2. 0.17 ms

  12. 23. 2.99 mm

  13. 25.

    1. 1.5×10−11 s

    2. 3.4 mm

  14. 27.

    1. 311 m/s

    2. 361 m/s

  15. 29. 40 cm

  16. 31.

    1. −2.0 m

    2. 4.6 m

  17. 33. 6.0×105 J

  18. 35. 110 dB

  19. 37. 2700 W/m2, 1400 W/m2, 610 W/m2

  20. 39. 50 m

  21. 41.

    1. 650 Hz

    2. 560 Hz

  22. 43. 38.1 m/s

  23. 45.

    1. 10 m/s

    2. 5π6rad

    3. D(x, t=0)=A sin(2πxλ+ϕ0)

  24. 47. 2.3 m, 1.7 m

  25. 49. 459 nm

  26. 51. 410 μs

  27. 53. 987 m/s

  28. 55.

    1. −x−direction

    2. 23 m/s, 5.0 Hz, 2.6 rad/m

    3. −1.5 cm

  29. 57. −19 m/s, 0 m/s, 19 m/s

  30. 59. v=TSμ=Mg sin θμ

  31. 61. 0.07°C

  32. 63. 1.8 mm

  33. 65. 1.2×102 mm /s

  34. 67. 2.0×10−5 W/m2

  35. 69.

    1. 250 μW/m2

    2. 16 km

  36. 71.

    1. 1.1 kHz

    2. 78 dB

  37. 73. 41 Hz

  38. 75. 620 Hz, 580 Hz

  39. 79. Receding at 1.5×106 m/s

  40. 81. 19 m/s

  41. 85. 29 s