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2 years ago

How to measure the speed of sound in air?

Physics

1 answer:

Leona [35]2 years ago

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STEP ONE:

Let you and your friend stand as far away as possible from a large reflecting wall and clap your hands rapidly at a regular rate.

STEP TWO:

Adjust this rate until each clap just coincides with the return of an echo of its predecessor, or until clap and echo are heard as equally spaced.

STEP THREE:

Use a stopwatch to find the time between claps, t. Make a rough measurement of distance to the wall, s. Thus the speed of sound, v = 2s/t

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Answer:

<h3>The answer is 2.51 s</h3>

Explanation:

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2 years ago

2. A car traveled 240 km in 3 hours. What was its average speed in km per hour?

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At a depth of 1030 m in Lake Baikal (a fresh water lake in Siberia), the pressure has increased by 100 atmospheres (to about 107

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Answer:

A volume of a cubic meter of water from the surface of the lake has been compressed in 0.004 cubic meters.

Explanation:

The bulk modulus is represented by the following differential equation:

$K = - V\cdot \frac{dP}{dV}$

Where:

$K$ - Bulk module, measured in pascals.

$V$ - Sample volume, measured in cubic meters.

$P$ - Local pressure, measured in pascals.

Now, let suppose that bulk remains constant, so that differential equation can be reduced into a first-order linear non-homogeneous differential equation with separable variables:

$-\frac{K \,dV}{V} = dP$

This resultant expression is solved by definite integration and algebraic handling:

$-K\int\limits^{V_{f}}_{V_{o}} {\frac{dV}{V} } = \int\limits^{P_{f}}_{P_{o}}\, dP$

$-K\cdot \ln \left |\frac{V_{f}}{V_{o}} \right| = P_{f} - P_{o}$

$\ln \left| \frac{V_{f}}{V_{o}} \right| = \frac{P_{o}-P_{f}}{K}$

$\frac{V_{f}}{V_{o}} = e^{\frac{P_{o}-P_{f}}{K} }$

The final volume is predicted by:

$V_{f} = V_{o}\cdot e^{\frac{P_{o}-P_{f}}{K} }$

If $V_{o} = 1\,m^{3}$ , $P_{o} - P_{f} = -10132500\,Pa$ and $K = 2.3\times 10^{9}\,Pa$ , then:

$V_{f} = (1\,m^{3}) \cdot e^{\frac{-10.1325\times 10^{6}\,Pa}{2.3 \times 10^{9}\,Pa} }$

$V_{f} \approx 0.996\,m^{3}$

Change in volume due to increasure on pressure is:

$\Delta V = V_{o} - V_{f}$

$\Delta V = 1\,m^{3} - 0.996\,m^{3}$

$\Delta V = 0.004\,m^{3}$

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3 years ago

Assuming that the limits of the visible spectrum are approximately 380 and 700 nm, find the angular range of the first-order vis

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Answer:

angular range is ( 0.681 rad , 0.35 rad )

Explanation:

given data

wavelength λ = 380 nm = 380 × $10^{-9}$ m

wavelength λ = 700 nm = 700 × $10^{-9}$ m

to find out

angular range of the first-order

solution

we will apply here slit experiment equation that is

d sinθ = m λ ...........1

here m is 1 for single slit and d is = $\frac{1}{900*10^3 m}$

so put here value in equation 1 for 380 nm

we get

d sinθ = m λ

$\frac{1}{900*10^3}$ sinθ = 1 × 380 × $10^{-9}$

θ = 0.35 rad

and for 700 nm

we get

d sinθ = m λ

$\frac{1}{900*10^3}$ sinθ = 1 × 700 × $10^{-9}$

θ = 0.681 rad

so angular range is ( 0.681 rad , 0.35 rad )

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Answer:

I) You walk barefoot on the hot street and it burns your toes.

II) When you get into a car with hot black leather in the middle of the summer and your skin starts to get burned.

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So here we can say the correct answer will be

I) You walk barefoot on the hot street and it burns your toes.

II) When you get into a car with hot black leather in the middle of the summer and your skin starts to get burned.

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