JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Mechanics Question Bank Vibration of String

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    Two wires are fixed in a sonometer. Their tensions are in the ratio 8 : 1. The lengths are in the ratio \[36:35.\] The diameters are in the ratio 4 : 1. Densities of the materials are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the lower frequency in the setting is 360 Hz. the beat frequency when the two wires are sounded together is                                              [KCET 2003]

    A)            5    

    B)            8

    C)            6    

    D)            10

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                         Frequency in a stretched string is given by                        \[n=\frac{1}{2l}\sqrt{\frac{T}{\pi {{r}^{2}}\rho }}=\frac{1}{l}\sqrt{\frac{T}{\pi {{d}^{2}}\rho }}\]    (d = Diameter of string)                    Þ \[\frac{{{n}_{1}}}{{{n}_{2}}}=\frac{{{l}_{2}}}{{{l}_{1}}}\sqrt{\frac{{{T}_{1}}}{{{T}_{2}}}\times {{\left( \frac{{{d}_{2}}}{{{d}_{1}}} \right)}^{2}}\times \left( \frac{{{\rho }_{2}}}{{{\rho }_{1}}} \right)}\]                    \[=\frac{35}{36}\sqrt{\frac{8}{1}\times {{\left( \frac{1}{4} \right)}^{2}}\times \frac{2}{1}}=\frac{35}{36}\]\[\Rightarrow {{n}_{2}}=\frac{36}{35}\times 360=370\]                    Hence beat frequency = \[{{n}_{2}}-{{n}_{1}}=10\]


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