What has alternating electric and magnetic fields that travel in the form of a wave?
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Answer:
Q = 40.1 degrees
Explanation:
Given:
- The weight of the timber W = 670 N
- Water surface level from pivot y = 2.1 m
- The specific density of water Y = 9810 N / m^3
- Dimension of timber = (0.15 x 0.15 x 0.0036) m
Find:
- The angle of inclination Q that the timber makes with the horizontal.
Solution:
- Calculate the Flamboyant Force F_b acting upwards at a distance x along the timber, which is unknown:
F_b = Y * V_timber
F_b = 9810*0.15*0.15*x
F_b = 226.7*x N
- Take static equilibrium conditions for the timber, and take moments about the pivot:
(M)_p = 0
W*0.5*3.6*cos(Q) - x/2 * F_b*cos(Q) = 0
- Plug values in:
670*0.5*3.6 - x^2 * 0.5*226.7 = 0
x^2 = 1206 / 113.35
x = 3.26 m
- Now use the value of x and vertical height y to compute the angle of inclination to be:
sin(Q) = y / x
sin(Q) = 2.1 / 3.26
Q = sin^-1 (0.6441718)
Q = 40.1 degrees
(a) 0.96 m/s
The period of the wave corresponds to the time taken for one complete oscillation of the boat, from the highest point to the highest point again. Since the time between the highest point and the lowest point is 2.5 s, the period is twice this time:
The frequency of the waves is the reciprocal of the period:
The wavelength instead is just the distance between two consecutive crests, so
And the wave speed is given by:
(b) 0.265 m
The total distance between the highest point of the wave and its lowest point is
d = 0.53 m
The amplitude is just the maximum displacement of the wave from the equilibrium position, so it is equal to half of this distance. So, the amplitude is
(c) Amplitude: 0.15 m, wave speed: same as before
In this case, the amplitude of the wave would be lower. In fact,
d = 0.30 m
So the amplitude would be
Instead, the wave speed would not change, since neither the frequency nor the wavelength of the wave have changed.