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MECHANICAL WAVE-SHEET: 2 (Lecture – 2)
Level – I
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1. A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in the positive x-direction
at a speed of 10 cm/s. The wavelength of the wave is 0.5 m and its
amplitude is 10 cm. At a particular time t, the snap-shot of the wave is P
shown in figure. Find the velocity of point P when its displacement is 5 cm
x
Figure :

2. The displacement from the position of equilibrium of a point 4 cm from a source of sinusoidal oscillations is
half the amplitude at the moment t = T/6(T is the time period). Assume that the source was at mean position at
t = 0. Calculate The wavelength of the running wave travelling is +ve x-axis.

3. The period of oscillations of a point is 0.04 sec. and the velocity of propagation of ocillation is 300m/sec. Find
the difference of phases between the ocillations of two points at distances 10 and 16m respectively from the
source of ocillations

4. Given the equation for a wave in a string:

y = 0.03 sin(3x  2t)
where y and x are in metre and t is in second. Now, answer the following:
(a) At t = 0, what is the displacement at x = 0 ?
(b) At x = 0.1 m, what is the displacement at t = 0.2 s?
(c) What is the equation for the velocity of oscillation of the particles of the string? What is the maximum
velocity of oscillation?
(d) What is the velocity of propagation of the wave?
5. A wave of frequency 400 Hz has a velocity of 320 ms1. Find the distance between the particles differing in
phase by 90

6. When a sound of frequency 300 Hz passes through a medium. The maximum displacement of particle of the
medium is 0.1 cm. Find the maximum velocity of the particle

7. A sinusoidal progressive wave is generated in a string. It’s equation is given by y = (2 mm) sin (2x – 100 t +
/3). Find the time when particle at x = 4 m first passes through mean position

8. Two particles in a medium are vibrating in same phase with a path difference of 10 m and their corresponding
time difference is 0.1 s. Find the speed of wave in the medium

9. Figure shown the shape of part of a long string in which transverse

waves are produced by attaching one end of the string to tuning fork of
frequency 250 Hz. What is the velocity of the waves?

10. The diagram below shows the propagation of a wave. Which points are E
in same phase H
(A) F, G (B) C and E
A
(C) B and G (D) B and F D
F G
B
C

Level – II
1. A plane transverse wave is propagating in a direction making an angle of 30° with positive x-axis in the x-y
plane. Find phase difference between points (0, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 1). Wavelength of the wave is 1 m.

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2. The diagram shows a wave train of amplitude A at time t = 0 sec.
The phase difference between the oscillation of the particle at x = 0
and x = x1 is . The particle at x = x1 is moving upward with velocity
v1. Write equation that represent the wave equation? x

X1

3. A sine wave is travelling in a medium. Find the minimum distance between the two particles, always having
same speed

4. A plane progressive wave of frequency 25 Hz, amplitude 2.5 × 105 m & initial phase zero propagates along
the (ve) xdirection with a velocity of 300 m/s . At any instant, the phase difference between the oscillations
at two points 6 m apart along the line of propagation is __ & the corresponding amplitude difference is ___ m.

5. Two graphs of the same harmonic wave are shown below. The graph (1) on the left shows the displacement
of wave y, as a function of position x for a given instant of time. The graph (2) on the right shows the
displacement of wave as a function ot time ‘t’ for a given position. The speed of the wave is

(A) 5.0 cms–1 (B) 0.5 cms–1 (C) 0.4 cms–1 (D) 4.0 cms–1

6. The wave motion has the function y = a0sin (t – kx). The graph in the figure
shows how the displacement y at a fixed point varies with time t. Which one
of the labelled points shows a displacement equal to that at the position x =
/2k at time t = 0?
(A) P (B) Q
(C) R (D) S

7. Determine the equation of a wave travelling along the positive x-axis, as

shown in figure at t = 0

8. Consider a function y = 10sin2(100t+5z) where y, z are in cm and t is in second.

(A) the function represents a travelling, periodic wave propagating in (z) direction with speed 20m/s.
(B) the function does not represent a travelling wave.
(C) the amplitude of the wave is 5 cm. (D) the amplitude of the wave is 10 cm.

MULTI CORRECT

9 A transverse sinusoidal wave of amplitude a, wavelength  & frequency f is travelling on a stretched

string . The maximum speed of any point on the string is v/10, where v is speed of propagation of the wave. If
a = 103 m and v = 10 ms1, find  & f
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(A)  = 2  x 102 m (B)  = 102 m (C) f = Hz (D) f = 104 Hz
2

10. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is described by y(x, t) = 3.0 sin (36 t + 0.018 x +/4) where x and y
are in cm and t in s. The positive direction of x is from left to right.
(a) Is this a travelling wave or a stationary wave? If it is travelling, what are the speed and direction of its
propagation ?
(b) What are its amplitude and frequency? (c) What is the initial phase at the origin?
(d) What is the least distance between two successive crests in the wave?
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11. A transverse wave travelling on a taut string is represented by:
Y = 0.01 sin2 (10t – x)  Y and x are in meters and 't' in seconds. Then ,
(A) the speed of the wave is 10 m/s.
(B) Closest points on the string which differ in phase by 600 are (1/6) m apart.
(C) Maximum particle velocity is /4 m/s.
(D) The phase of a certain point on the string changes by 1200 in (1/20) seconds.

12. The figures represent two snaps of a travelling wave on a string of mass per unit length,  = 0.25 kg/m. The
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two snaps are taken at time t = 0 and at t  s. Then
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y(mm) y(mm)

10 10
5 5

–5 x(m) –5 1 x(m)
–10 –10 1
t=0 t=24 s
Figure -1 Figure -2
(A) speed of wave is 4 m/s
(B) the tension in the string is 4 N

(C) the equation of the wave is y = 10 sin (x – 4t  )
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
(D) the maximum velocity of the particle  m/s
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13. Shape of string transmitting wave along x-axis at

some instant is shown. Velocity of point P is
v = 4 cm/s and   tan1(0.004 )
(A) Amplitude of wave is 2 mm
(B) Velocity of wave is 10 m/s
(C) Max acceleration of particle is 80 2 cm/sec2
(D) Wave is traveling in –ve x-direction

14. P, Q and R are three particles of medium which lie on the x-axis. A sine wave of wavelength  is traveling
through the medium in the x-direction. P and Q always have same speed, while P and R always have same
velocity. The minimum distance between
(A) P and Q is /2 (B) P and Q is  (C) P and R is /2 (D) P and R is .

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MECHANICAL WAVE (Lecture – 2)

ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - I

3 ˆ
1. j m/s
50
2. 0.48 m
3. 
4. 0; 3 mm; v = 0.06 cos(3x  2t), 0.06 m/s; 0.667 m/s
5. 20 cm
6. 60  cm/s
1
7. sec
150
8. 100 m/s
9. 1.0 ms–1
10. D
10. Points B and F are in same phase ass they are  distance apart.

LEVEL - II
1. (3+1) rad
 x v1 
2. A sin    t 
 1x A cos  
3. /2
4.  rad, 0 m
5. A
6. B
 
7. sin  kx  t  
 6
8. A, C
9. A, C
10. ?
11. A, B
12. A, B, C, D
12. y = A sin (kx - t + )
at t = 0, x = 0, y = 5 mm
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at t  , x = 0, y = 0
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also  = 2m, A = 10 mm
Solve to get answer.

13. A, B, C, D
13. =1m
vmax = A = 4
y / t 4  10 2
 v   10m / s
y / x 4 10 3
v
A = 2 × 10–3m also    10Hz and amax  A2  80 cm / s 2

14. A, D

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