BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2015

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    A simple harmonic wave of amplitude 8 unit travels along positive x-axis. At any given instant of time, for a particle at a distance of \[\text{1}0\text{ cm}\] from the origin, the displacement is + 6 unit and for a particle at a distance of \[\text{25 cm}\] from the origin, the displacement is\[+\text{ 4 unit}\]. Calculate the wavelength.

    A) \[\text{2}00\text{cm}\]                               

    B) \[\text{23}0\text{ cm}\]

    C) \[\text{21}0\text{ cm}\]                              

    D) \[\text{25}0\text{ cm}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\text{Y=A sin}\frac{\text{2 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!\lambda\!\!\text{ }}\text{ (vt-x)}\] \[\frac{Y}{A}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{x}{\lambda } \right)\] In first case, \[\frac{{{Y}_{1}}}{A}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{{{x}_{1}}}{\lambda } \right)\] Here,   \[{{Y}_{1}}=\text{ }+\text{ }6,A\text{ }=\text{ }8,\text{ }{{x}_{1}}=10\text{ }cm\] \[\frac{6}{8}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{10}{\lambda } \right)\]                         ? (i)                 Similarly in the second case,                                 \[\frac{4}{8}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda } \right)\]                         ? (ii)                 From Eq. (i),                 \[2\lambda \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{10}{\lambda } \right)={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{6}{8} \right)=\text{0}\text{.85 rad}\] \[\Rightarrow \]                               \[\frac{t}{T}-\frac{10}{\lambda }=0.14\]                 ? (iii) Similarly form Eq. (ii), \[2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda } \right)={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{8} \right)\text{=}\frac{\text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{6}}\text{ rad}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda }=0.08\]                                 ? (iv)                 Subtracting Eq. (iv) from Eq. (iii), we get \[\frac{15}{\lambda }=0.06\]       \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\text{ }\!\!\lambda\!\!\text{  =250 cm}\]


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