15.23 A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent across a medium. (a) Does the pulse have a definite (i) Frequency (ii) Wavelength (iii) Speed of propagation? (b) If the pulse rate is 1 after every 20 s (that is the whistle is blown for a split of second after every 20 s) is the frequency of the note produced by the whistle equal to 1/20 or 0.05 Hz ?
15.23 A narrow sound pulse (for example, a short pip by a whistle) is sent across a medium. (a) Does the pulse have a definite (i) Frequency (ii) Wavelength (iii) Speed of propagation? (b) If the pulse rate is 1 after every 20 s (that is the whistle is blown for a split of second after every 20 s) is the frequency of the note produced by the whistle equal to 1/20 or 0.05 Hz ?
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1 Answer
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The narrow sound pulse does not have a fixed wavelength or frequency. However, the speed of the sound pulse remains the same, which is equal to the speed in that medium. The short pip produced after 20 s does not mean that the frequency of the whistle is 0.05 Hz. It means that 0.05 Hz is the frequency of repetition of the pip of the whistle. So the answers are
(a)
(i) No
(ii) No
(iii) Yes
(b) No
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