Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 14 - Waves and Sound - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 496: 94

Answer

$1.3m$

Work Step by Step

The wavelength difference can be calculated as $\Delta \lambda=\lambda_2-\lambda_1$ $\implies \Delta \lambda=\frac{v}{f_2}-\frac{v}{f_1}$ $\implies \Delta \lambda=v(\frac{1}{f_2}-\frac{1}{f_1})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta \lambda=343(\frac{1}{170}-\frac{1}{510})=1.3m$
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