A beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies. Frequency beat is equal to,
The reference frequency in our case would be 392Hz, and since there is the possibility of the upper and lower range for the amount of beats per second that the two possible frequencies are heard would be
Therefore the two possible frequencies the piano wire is vibrating at, would be 396Hz and 388Hz
Answer:
λ1 = 0.0129m = 1.29cm
λ2 = 0.00923m = 0.92 cm
Explanation:
To find the distance between the first order bright fringe and the central peak, can be calculated by using the following formula:
(1)
m: order of the bright fringe = 1
λ: wavelength of the light = 660 nm, 470 nm
D: distance from the screen = 5.50 m
d: distance between slits = 0.280mm = 0.280 *10^⁻3 m
ym: height of the m-th fringe
You replace the values of the variables in the equation (1) for each wavelength:
For λ = 660 nm = 660*10^-9 m
For λ = 470 nm = 470*10^-9 m