Question

A soundwave has a wavelength of 3.0m. The distance from a compression center to the adjacent rarefaction center is

Answer 1

Answer:

For a sound wave, that would be from compression to the next adjacent compression. If that distance is 3.0 meters, then the distance from compression to the next adjacent rarefaction is 1.5 m.

Answer 2

concept

The wavelength of a wave is measured as the distance between any two corresponding points on an adjacent wave.

Given

The wavelength of the soundwave is $3.0$m.

Find

We are asked to find the distance from a compression center to the adjacent rarefaction center.

Solution

Let, the distance consecutive compressions are λ.

Thus, the distance between the adjacent center of compression & rarefaction respectively will be

$\frac{\lambda}{2}=\frac{3}{2}$

$\frac{\lambda}{2}=1.5m$

Hence, the distance is $1.5m.$

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