Question

An audiometer produces a pure tone with a frequency f of 1200 hertz (cycles per second). The maximum pressure P produced from the pure tone is 5 millipascals. Write a sine model that gives the pressure P as a function of the time t (in seconds). Assume P=0 when t=0.

Answer 1

Answer: Pressure(t) = 5mP*sin(191.08*t)

Step-by-step explanation:

The information we have:

Maximum pressure P = 5 mP

frequency = 1200Hz

Period = 1/frequency = (1/1200) seconds

when t = 0, P = 0, so we should use a sin function (because sin(0) = 0)

Then we can write this as:

Pressure(t) = P*sin(c*t)

where t is time in secnds, P is the maximum pressure 5mP, and c is a constant that depends on the period.

Pressure(t) = 5*sin(c*t)

knowing that the period is 1/1200 seconds, we have that:

c*1/1200 s = 2*3.14

c = 1200/(2*3.14) 1/s= 600/3.14 1/s

Our function is

Pressure(t) = 5mP*sin(191.08*t)