Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Exercises and Problems - Page 271: 45

Answer

$(a) 102.07 m$ $(b)\lambda_{water}=4.3\lambda_{air}$

Work Step by Step

Here we use the equation $V=f\lambda$ to find the wave speed on Mars, where V - speed of the sound wave, f - frequency, $\lambda$ - Wavelength. $V=f\lambda$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation $1480\space m/s=14.5\space s^{-1}\times \lambda$ $102.07\space m=\lambda $ (wave length) Here we use the equation $V=f\lambda$ to find the wave speed on Mars, where V - speed of the sound wave, f - frequency, $\lambda$ - Wavelength. $V=f\lambda$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation $343\space m/s=14.5\space s^{-1}\times \lambda_{air}$ $23.66\space m=\lambda_{air}$ Wavelength in air = 23.66 m We can get, $\frac{\lambda}{\lambda_{air}}=\frac{102.07m}{23.66m}=4.3$ $\lambda=4.3\lambda_{air}$ Sound wavelength in water = 4.3 times sound wavelength in air
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