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2 years ago

(forces and motion) explain in 3-2 sentences why acceleration is interesting.

Physics

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Luden [163]2 years ago

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Answer:

Acceleration is a vector and is the rate at which an object changes its velocity. Acceleration is not going fast.
If a person is moving fast but not changing speed, he is not accelerating.
The person or object has to be going fast sometimes, faster sometimes, or slower sometimes.

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The two speakers at S1 and S2 are adjusted so that the observer at O hears an intensity of 6 W/m² when either S1 or S2 is sounde

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Answer:

The minimum frequency is 702.22 Hz

Explanation:

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$I=4I_1 cos^2(\pi \frac{\delta}{\lambda})$

Here

I is the intensity at O when both speakers are on which is given as 6 $W/m^2$

I1 is the intensity of one speaker on which is 6 $W/m^2$

δ is the Path difference which is given as

$\delta=S_2O-S_1O\\\delta=5-4\\\delta=1 m$

λ is wavelength which is given as

$\lambda=\frac{v}{f}$

Here

v is the speed of sound which is 320 m/s.

f is the frequency of the sound which is to be calculated.

$16=4\times 6 \times cos^2(\pi \frac{1 \times f}{320})\\16/24= cos^2(\pi \frac{1f}{320})\\0.667= cos^2(\pi \frac{f}{320})\\cos(\pi \frac{f}{320})=\pm0.8165\\\pi \frac{f}{320}=\frac{7 \pi}{36}+2k\pi \\ \frac{f}{320}=\frac{7 }{36}+2k \\\\ {f}=320 \times (\frac{7 }{36}+2k )$

where k=0,1,2

for minimum frequency $f_1$ , k=1

${f}=320 \times (\frac{7 }{36}+2 \times 1 )\\\\{f}=320 \times (\frac{79 }{36} )\\\\ f=702.22 Hz$

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