lL 3 Understanding Waves Graphs of deviation vs. time and devia- tion vs. position are shown in the figures below. Time (1s) Deviation (mm) Position (mm) Determine: (a) the vibration frequency, (b) the wavelength, (c) the propagation speed. ‘A cork floats in a ripple tank. When a wave generator is activated at 10 Hz, the cork moves up-and-down while the waves travel through water. The distance between the highest and lowest points in the cork’s motion is 5 mm. The distance between the peak and trough of adjecent waves is found to be 1.5 m. (a) What is the amplitude of the waves when passing by the cork? ‘Whaat is the time needed by the cork to complete one vibration? What is the propagation speed of the waves in the tank? (b) (ce) (a) Write down the wave equation which relates propagation speed (v), frequency (/), and wavelength (A). Give the proper units for each. quantity. 4 (b)_ What is the propagation speed of a wave that has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 0.4 m? What is the frequency of a wave that has a wavelength of 5 m and a propagation speed of 40 mis? 20 waves are generated on a string within 5 s. If the propagation speed is 5 m/s, what is the wavelength? © (da) Two wooden blocks float on the sea sur- face and are 100 cm apart. Both move with the water surface with a frequency of 4 vibrations each second. If one block is at the peak of a wave, the other one is at the bottom and between the two there are two wave hills. What is the wave propagation speed on the water surface? ‘A horizontal slinky is vibrated in such a way that the distance between adjacent centers of compression and centers of expansion is 40 cm. If within 0.2 seconds. there are 10 waves, what is the wave propagation speed along the slinky? ‘The following diagram shows an instan- taneous picture of a longitudinal wave traveling along a slinky in the direction shown. +60 em SHI TTS HI TUT TH FHT WHI TD A B (a) What is the wave propagation speed? (b) If the compression at A needs 2 seconds to reach B, what is the wave frequency? (c) If the wave frequency is doubled, draw the sketch of the wave from Ato B.