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3 years ago

There are many different mediums that waves travel through. What type of wave causes distortion of a medium?

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iogann1982 [59]3 years ago

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The sound wave causes distortion of a medium. The sound wave is formed from the reflections of the sound waves from surrounding material. So, the sound that we hear in a room is a combination of the original sound and its reflections off of the various surfaces in the room.

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Explanation:

As the motion of the shell is in a plane (two dimensional space) and the acceleration is that due to gravity which is vertically downward, we resolve initial velocity of the shell $v_{0}$ in horizontal and vertical directions. If the initial velocity of the shell is making angle with the horizontal, the horizontal component of initial velocity will be

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$v_{y}=v_{o} \times \sin \theta==300 \times \sin \left(52^{\circ}\right)=236.4 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$

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$x=x_{0}+v_{x 0} t+\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) a_{x} t^{2}$

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we know that,

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$v_{x}=v_{x 0}=\text { constant }$

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we know, $y_{0}=0$ and $a_{y}=-9.8 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}$ , so,

$y=0+(236.4 \times 49.5)+\left(\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \times(-9.8) \times(49.5)^{2}\right)$

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