JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Mechanics Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    The displacement of a particle in string stretched in X direction is represented by y. Among  the following expressions for y, those describing  wave motions are [IIT 1987]

    A)            \[\cos kx\sin \omega \,t\]     

    B)            \[{{k}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}-{{\omega }^{2}}{{t}^{2}}\]

    C)            \[\cos (kx+\omega \,t)\]

    D)            \[\cos ({{k}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}-{{\omega }^{2}}{{t}^{2}})\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     \[y=\cos kx\sin \omega \,t\] and \[y=\cos (kx+\omega \,t)\] represent wave motion, because they satisfies the wave equation \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}}{\partial {{t}^{2}}}={{v}^{2}}\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}y}{\partial {{x}^{2}}}\].


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