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This document contains summaries of multiple physics problems related to waves. It discusses determining the period, frequency, wavelength and speed of waves given data about the number of crests that pass by over a period of time and the distance between crests. It also addresses problems involving determining wave speed using data from graphs, finding wave speed on strings with different tensions, calculating block masses using wave speed on a wire between blocks, determining wavelength of sound in seawater given its speed and period, and calculating the distance from an earthquake by using the time difference between a P and S wave arrival.

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Tutorial Ch16

This document contains summaries of multiple physics problems related to waves. It discusses determining the period, frequency, wavelength and speed of waves given data about the number of crests that pass by over a period of time and the distance between crests. It also addresses problems involving determining wave speed using data from graphs, finding wave speed on strings with different tensions, calculating block masses using wave speed on a wire between blocks, determining wavelength of sound in seawater given its speed and period, and calculating the distance from an earthquake by using the time difference between a P and S wave arrival.

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Chapter 16

3. A woman is standing in the ocean, and she notices that after a wave crest passes by,
five more crests pass in a time of 40.0 s. The distance between two successive crests
is 30.0 m. What is the wave's (a) period, (b) frequency, (c) wavelength, and (d) speed?

7. Using the data in the graphs that accompany this problem, determine the speed of
the wave.

17. The drawing shows two transverse waves traveling on two strings. The linear
density of each string is 0.065 kg/m, and the tension is provided by a 26.0-N block
that is hanging from the string. Determine the speed of the wave in part (a) and part (b)
of the drawing.

21. The drawing shows a frictionless incline and pulley. The two blocks are connected
by a wire (mass per unit length = 0.0250 kg/m) and remain stationary. A transverse
wave on the wire has a speed of 75.0 m/s. Neglecting the weight of the wire relative to
the tension in the wire, find the masses (a) m1 and (b) m2 of the blocks.

31. For research purposes a sonic buoy is tethered to the ocean floor and emits an
infrasonic pulse of sound. The period of this sound is 86 ms. Determine the

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wavelength of the sound, if temperature the seawater is 20°C. (speed of sound in
seawater = 1522 m/s )

47. When an earthquake occurs, two types of sound waves are generated and travel
through the earth. The primary, or P, wave has a speed of about 8.0 km/s and the
secondary, or S, wave has a speed of about 4.5 km/s. A seismograph, located some
distance away, records the arrival of the P wave and then, 78.0 s later, records the
arrival of the S wave. Assuming that the waves travel in a straight line, how far (in
terms of m) is the seismograph from the earthquake?

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