Physics 41 Homework Set 3 Chapter 17 Solutions from Serway 8th Edition

OC: 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 CQ: 3, 6, 8 Problems: 2, 3, 7, 11, 15, 18, 19, 21, 28, 30, 31, 35, 39, 45, 56, 59 OC: 7, 8, 11, 13, 14

CQ: 3, 6, 8

Problems

15. A cowboy stands on horizontal ground between two parallel vertical cliffs. He is not midway between the cliffs. He fires a shot, and hears its echoes. The second echo arrives 1.92 s after the first, and 1.47 s before the third. Consider only the sound traveling parallel to the ground and reflecting from the cliffs. Take the speed of sound as 340 m/s. (a) What is the distance between the cliffs? (b) What If? If he can hear a fourth echo, how long after the third echo does it arrive?
*P17.15 Let x1 represent the cowboys distance from the nearer canyon wall and x2 his distance from the farther cliff. The sound for the first echo travels distance 2x1 . For the second, 2x2 . For the third, 2x2 2x1 2x1 + 2x2 2x2 = 1.92 s and = 1.47 s . 2x1 + 2x2 . For the fourth echo, 2x1 + 2x2 + 2x1 . Then 340 m s 340 m s 2x2 1 Thus x1 = = 1.92 s + 1.47 s ; x2 = 576 m . = 340 m s 1.47 s 250 m and 340 m s 2 (a) So x1 + x2 = 826 m
2x1 + 2x2 + 2x1 ( 2x1 + 2x2 ) 340 m s

(b)

= 1.47 s

P17.30 We presume the speakers broadcast equally in all directions.

(a)
rAC = 3.002 + 4.002 m = 5.00 m
I = 4 r

P =
2

1.00 103 W = 3.18 106 W m 2 2 4 ( 5.00 m ) 3.18 106 W m 2 12 2 10 W m 65.0 dB

= 10 dBlog

dB 6.50 = = 10

(b)

rBC = 4.47 m
= I 1.50 103 W = 5.97 106 W m 2 2 4 ( 4.47 m ) 5.97 106 12 10

= 10 dBlog = 67.8 dB

9.15 106 (c) dBlog = = 10 = W m2 I 3.18 W m 2 + 5.97 12 10

69.6 dB