Waves in a fish bowl jostled by the Thingamajigger move to the sides at an average velocity of 0.50 m/s. If they occur once ever
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Answer:
0.125 m
Explanation:
In this problem, we have:
v = 0.50 m/s is the average velocity of the wave
T = 0.25 s is the period of the wave
We can find the frequency of the wave, which is equal to the reciprocal of the period:
The problem is asking us to find the distance between two crests of the wave: this is equivalent to the wavelength. The wavelength is related to the average velocity and the frequency by the formula:
Substituting the numerical values, we find
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The specific heat of a substance is defined as amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of substance through one degree Celsius. Let us consider a substance whose mass is m.Let Q amount of heat is given to it as a result of which its temperature is raised from T to T'.
Hence specific heat of a substance is calculated as-
Here c is the specific heat capacity.
The substance whose specific heat capacity is more will take more time to be heated up to a certain temperature as compared to a substance having low specific heat which is to be heated up to the same temperature.
As per the question John is experimenting on sand and water.Between sand and water,water has the specific heat 1 cal/gram per degree centigrade which is larger as compared to sand.Hence sand will be heated faster as compared to water.The substance which is heated faster will also cools faster.
From this experiment John concludes that water has more specific heat as compared to sand.