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3 years ago

What causes waves to slow down: change in wave’s wavelength or change in its frequency and y?

Physics

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Mashutka [201]3 years ago

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Answer:

Although the wave slows down, its frequency remains the same, due to the fact that its wavelength is shorter. When waves travel from one medium to another the frequency never changes.

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A solid sphere has a radius of 0.200 m and a mass of 150.0 kg. how much work is required to get the sphere rolling with an angul

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Here in this case we can use work energy theorem

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Work done by all forces = Change in kinetic Energy of the object

Total kinetic energy of the solid sphere is ZERO initially as it is given at rest.

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$KE = \frac{1}{2}Iw^2 +\frac{1}{2} mv^2$

also we know that

$I = \frac{2}{5}mR^2$

$w= \frac{v}{R}$

Now kinetic energy is given by

$KE = \frac{1}{2}(\frac{2}{5}mR^2)w^2 +\frac{1}{2} m(Rw)^2$

$KE = \frac{1}{5}mR^2w^2 +\frac{1}{2} mR^2w^2$

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An alpha particle (Î±), which is the same as a helium-4 nucleus, is momentarily at rest in a region of space occupied by an elec

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Potential difference, U = $-3.45 \times 10^{-3} \ V$

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Charge of the alpha particle is, $q_{\alpha} = 3.20 \times 10^{-19} \ C$

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$v_{\alpha} = \sqrt{\frac{2 \Delta V q_{\alpha}}{m_{\alpha}}}$

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