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In a resonance tube experiment when the tube is filled with water up to a height of 17.0 cm, from bottom, it resonates with a given tuning fork. When the water level is raised the next resonance with the same tuning fork occurs at a height of 24.5 cm. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 m s-1, the tuning fork frequency is :

JEE Main 2020 (05 Sep Shift 1)

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  • A: 2200 Hz
  • B: 550 Hz
  • C: 1100 Hz
  • D: 3300 Hz
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The amplitude of wave disturbance propagating in the positive x-direction is given by y=1(1+x)2 at time t=0 and y=11+(x-2)2 at t=1 s, where x and y are in metres. The shape of wave does not change during the propagation. The velocity of the wave will be m s-1.

JEE Main 2021 (20 Jul Shift 1)

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Two travelling waves produces a standing wave represented by equation. y=1.0 mmcos1.57 cm-1x sin78.5 s-1 t. The node closest to the origin in the region x>0 will be at x=...... in cm.

JEE Main 2021 (26 Aug Shift 1)

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A wire having a linear mass density 9.0×10-4 kg m-1 is stretched between two rigid supports with a tension of 900 N. The wire resonates at a frequency of 500 Hz. The next higher frequency at which the same wire resonates is 550 Hz. The length of the wire is ___________ m.

JEE Main 2021 (31 Aug Shift 1)

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A transverse wave is represented by y=2sinωt-kxcm. The value of wavelength (in cm) for which the wave velocity becomes equal to the maximum particle velocity, will be

JEE Main 2022 (26 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 4π
  • B: 2π
  • C: π
  • D: 2
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The velocity of sound in a gas, in which two wavelengths 4.08 m and 4.16 m produce 40 beats in 12 s, will be

JEE Main 2022 (28 Jun Shift 1)

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  • A: 282.8 m s-1
  • B: 175.5 m s-1
  • C: 353.6 m s-1
  • D: 707.2 m s-1
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Two travelling waves of equal amplitudes and equal frequencies move in opposite directions along a string. They interfere to produce a stationary wave whose equation is given by y=10cosπxsin2πtTcm. The amplitude of the particle at x=43 cm will be _____ cm.

JEE Main 2022 (24 Jun Shift 2)

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The first overtone frequency of an open organ pipe is equal to the fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe. If the length of the closed organ pipe is 20 cm. The length of the open organ pipe is _____ cm

JEE Main 2022 (25 Jun Shift 1)

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A set of 20 tuning forks is arranged in a series of increasing frequencies. If each fork gives 4 beats with respect to the preceding fork and the frequency of the last fork is twice the frequency of the first, then the frequency of last fork is _____ Hz.

JEE Main 2022 (26 Jun Shift 2)

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In an experiment to determine the velocity of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube, the first resonance is observed when the air column has a length of 20.0 cm for a tuning fork of frequency 400 Hz is used. The velocity of the sound at room temperature is 336 m s-1. The third resonance is observed when the air column has a length of _____ cm

JEE Main 2022 (29 Jun Shift 2)

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