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assignment #025

025. `Query 14

Physics II

04-04-2008

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16:23:26

Query Principles of Physics and General College Physics 12.40: Beat frequency at 262 and 277 Hz; beat frequency two octaves lower.

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Since beat frequency equals the difference in the wave frequencies, the beat frequency should equal 277-262 = 15 hz

moving two octaves lower would reduce the frequencies by a factor of 4 or 262/4=66hz and 277/4=69 hz

69-66 =3hz beat frequency at the 2 lower octave range.

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16:23:49

The beat frequency is the difference in the frequencies, in this case 277 Hz - 262 Hz = 15 Hz.

One ocatave reduces frequency by half, so two octaves lower would give frequencies 1/4 as great. The difference in the frequencies would therefore also be 1/4 as great, resulting in a beat frequency of 1/4 * 15 Hz = 3.75 Hz.

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17:03:11

Query gen phy problem 12.46 speakers 1.8 meters apart, listener three meters from one and 3.5 m from the other **** gen phy what is the lowest frequency that will permit destructive interference at the location of the listener?

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destructive interference occurs where the difference in the travel distance of the sound is equal to 1/2 wave length.

The difference in distance from the speakers is .5 meters so the minimum wavelength for interference is one meter

343 m/s / 1 meter lambda = frequency of 343 Hz for interference.

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17:04:08

STUDENT SOLUTION: To solve this problem, I first realize that for destructive interference to occur, the path difference is an odd multiple of half of the wavelength(ex. 1/2, 3/2, 5/2). I used Fig.12-17 in the text to help visualize this problem. Part (A) of the problem asks to calculate the lowest frequency at which destructive interference will occur at the point where two loudspeakers are 2.5m apart and one person stands 3.0m from one speaker and 3.5m from the other. The text states that 'destructive interference occurs at any point whose distance from one speaker is greater than its distance from the other speaker by exactly one-half wavelength.' The path difference in the problem is fixed, therefore the lowest frequency at which destructive interference will occur is directly related to the longest wavelength. To calculate the lowest frequency, I first have to calculate the longest wavelength using the equation

'dL ='lambda/2, where `dL is the path difference.

'lambda=2*'dL

=2(3.5m-3.0m)=1m

Now I can calculate the frequency using

f=v/'lambda. The velocity is 343m/s which is the speed of sound.

f=343m/s/1m=343 Hz.

Thus, the lowest frequency at which destructive interference can occur is at 343Hz.

Keeping in mind that destructive interference occurs if the distance equals an odd multiple of the wavelength, I can calculate (B) part of the problem.

To determine the next wavelength, I use the equation 'dL=3'lambda/2

wavelength=2/3(3.5m-3.0m) =0.33m

Now I calculate the next highest frequency using the equation f=v/wavelength.

f^2=343m/s/0.33m=1030Hz.

I finally calculate the next highest frequency.

'del L=5/2 'lambda

wavelength=0.20m

f^3=343m/s/0.2m=1715 Hz.

INSTRUCTOR EXPLANATION:

The listener is .5 meters further from one speaker than from the other. If this .5 meter difference results in a half-wavelength lag in the sound from the further speaker, the peaks from the first speaker will meet the troughs from the second. If a half-wavelength corresponds to .5 meters, then the wavelength must be 1 meter. The frequency of a sound with a 1-meter wavelength moving at 343 m/s will be 343 cycles/sec, or 343 Hz.

The next two wavelengths that would result in destructive interference would have 1.5 and 2.5 wavelengths corresponding to the .5 m path difference. The wavelengths would therefore be .5 m / (1.5) = .33 m and .5 m / (2.5) = .2 m, with corresponding frequencies 343 m/s / (.33 m) = 1030 Hz and 343 m/s / (.2 m) = 1720 Hz, approx. ****

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17:05:23

**** gen phy why is there no highest frequency that will permit destructive interference?

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Because as long as the frequency causes an out of phase condition (off by 1/2 wavelength) there will be interference and this can happen at many different frequencies.

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17:05:32

** You can get any number of half-wavelengths into that .5 meter path difference. **

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17:06:51

gen phy what must happen in order for the sounds from the two speakers to interfere destructively, assuming that the sources are in phase?

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The listener's distance from the two speakers must not be the same. If it is the same there will be no inteference for the listener.

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17:07:49

** The path difference has to be and integer number of wavelengths plus a half wavelength. **

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I understand. Having it be different would mean there is some interference but for max effect it must be an even multiple of lambda

If the difference is a whole number of wavelengths then there is no interference. The difference must be a whole number of wavelengths plus half a wavelength for destructive interference. At other path differences, as you have noted, the degree of interference varies.

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17:07:56

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17:08:02

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