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EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
Ch. 15.1 - Prob. 1AECh. 15.1 - You notice a water Wave pass by the end of a pier...Ch. 15.2 - A wave starts at the left end of a long cord (see...Ch. 15.4 - A wave is given by D(x, t) = (5.0 mm) sin(2.0x ...Ch. 15 - Prob. 1QCh. 15 - Explain the difference between the speed of a...Ch. 15 - Prob. 3QCh. 15 - What kind of waves do you think will travel down a...Ch. 15 - Prob. 5QCh. 15 - Prob. 6Q
Ch. 15 - The speed of sound in most solids is somewhat...Ch. 15 - Give two reasons why circular water waves decrease...Ch. 15 - Prob. 9QCh. 15 - Will any function of (x t)see Eq. 1514represent a...Ch. 15 - When a sinusoidal wave crosses the boundary...Ch. 15 - If a sinusoidal wave on a two-section cord (Fig....Ch. 15 - Is energy always conserved when two waves...Ch. 15 - Prob. 14QCh. 15 - Prob. 15QCh. 15 - Prob. 16QCh. 15 - Prob. 17QCh. 15 - Prob. 18QCh. 15 - When a standing wave exists on a string, the...Ch. 15 - When a cord is vibrated as in Fig. 1525 by hand or...Ch. 15 - AM radio signals can usually be heard behind a...Ch. 15 - Prob. 22QCh. 15 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 1PCh. 15 - Prob. 2PCh. 15 - (I) Calculate the speed of longitudinal waves in...Ch. 15 - (1) AM radio signals have frequencies between 550...Ch. 15 - Prob. 5PCh. 15 - Prob. 6PCh. 15 - Prob. 7PCh. 15 - Prob. 8PCh. 15 - Prob. 9PCh. 15 - Prob. 10PCh. 15 - Prob. 11PCh. 15 - Prob. 12PCh. 15 - Prob. 13PCh. 15 - Prob. 14PCh. 15 - Prob. 15PCh. 15 - Prob. 16PCh. 15 - Prob. 17PCh. 15 - Prob. 18PCh. 15 - Prob. 19PCh. 15 - (II) Show that the intensity of a wave is equal to...Ch. 15 - Prob. 21PCh. 15 - Prob. 22PCh. 15 - Prob. 23PCh. 15 - Prob. 24PCh. 15 - Prob. 25PCh. 15 - Prob. 26PCh. 15 - (II) A transverse wave pulse travels to the right...Ch. 15 - Prob. 28PCh. 15 - Prob. 29PCh. 15 - (II) Write the equation for the wave in Problem 28...Ch. 15 - (II) A sinusoidal wave traveling on a string in...Ch. 15 - Prob. 32PCh. 15 - Prob. 33PCh. 15 - (II) Determine if the function D = A sin k x cos t...Ch. 15 - (II) Show by direct substitution that the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 36PCh. 15 - Prob. 37PCh. 15 - Prob. 38PCh. 15 - Prob. 39PCh. 15 - Prob. 40PCh. 15 - (II) A cord has two sections with linear densities...Ch. 15 - (III) A cord stretched to a tension FT consists of...Ch. 15 - (I) The two pulses shown in Fig. 1536 are moving...Ch. 15 - Prob. 44PCh. 15 - Prob. 45PCh. 15 - (I) If a violin string vibrates at 294 Hz as its...Ch. 15 - Prob. 47PCh. 15 - Prob. 48PCh. 15 - (II) The velocity of waves on a string is 96 m/s....Ch. 15 - Prob. 50PCh. 15 - Prob. 51PCh. 15 - Prob. 52PCh. 15 - Prob. 53PCh. 15 - (II) In Problem 52, Fig. 1537, the length of the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 55PCh. 15 - Prob. 56PCh. 15 - Prob. 57PCh. 15 - Prob. 58PCh. 15 - (II) Plot the two waves given in Problem 58 and...Ch. 15 - Prob. 60PCh. 15 - Prob. 61PCh. 15 - (II) Two oppositely directed traveling waves given...Ch. 15 - Prob. 63PCh. 15 - Prob. 64PCh. 15 - (I) An earthquake P wave traveling 8.0 km/s...Ch. 15 - Prob. 67PCh. 15 - (I) Water waves approach an underwater shelf where...Ch. 15 - Prob. 69PCh. 15 - Prob. 70PCh. 15 - Prob. 71GPCh. 15 - Prob. 72GPCh. 15 - (II) Seismic reflection prospecting is commonly...Ch. 15 - Prob. 74GPCh. 15 - A bug on the surface of a pond is observed to move...Ch. 15 - Prob. 76GPCh. 15 - Prob. 77GPCh. 15 - Prob. 78GPCh. 15 - Prob. 79GPCh. 15 - Prob. 80GPCh. 15 - A transverse wave pulse travels to the right along...Ch. 15 - (a) Show that if the tension in a stretched string...Ch. 15 - Prob. 83GPCh. 15 - Prob. 84GPCh. 15 - Two strings on a musical instrument are tuned to...Ch. 15 - The ripples in a certain groove 10.8 cm from the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 87GPCh. 15 - Prob. 88GPCh. 15 - Prob. 90GPCh. 15 - A highway overpass was observed to resonate as one...Ch. 15 - Prob. 92GPCh. 15 - Estimate the average power of a water wave when it...Ch. 15 - Prob. 94GPCh. 15 - Two wave pulses are traveling in opposite...Ch. 15 - Prob. 96GP
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