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This document contains 6 physics questions about waves, oscillations, and simple harmonic motion. Question 1 asks about the position, velocity, and acceleration of a piston in an engine over time. Question 2 asks about the amplitude, wavelength, period, and speed of a sinusoidal wave. Question 3 asks about the mass per unit length and wave speed of a wave on a string. Question 4 asks about expressions for the speed and tension of a pulse traveling along a clothesline. Questions 5 and 6 ask about distinguishing transverse and longitudinal waves, properties of a transverse wave shown in a figure, and analyzing the restoring force and oscillations of an object attached to rubber bands.

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Tutorial - Sheet 3

This document contains 6 physics questions about waves, oscillations, and simple harmonic motion. Question 1 asks about the position, velocity, and acceleration of a piston in an engine over time. Question 2 asks about the amplitude, wavelength, period, and speed of a sinusoidal wave. Question 3 asks about the mass per unit length and wave speed of a wave on a string. Question 4 asks about expressions for the speed and tension of a pulse traveling along a clothesline. Questions 5 and 6 ask about distinguishing transverse and longitudinal waves, properties of a transverse wave shown in a figure, and analyzing the restoring force and oscillations of an object attached to rubber bands.

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MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

Question 1
The wheel in the simplied engine of Figure P13.23 has radius A =0.250 m and rotates with angular
frequency ω =12.0 rad/s. At t =0, the piston is located at x= A. Calculate the piston's

(a) position,
(b) velocity, and
(c) acceleration at t =1.15 s.
Question 2
The sinusoidal wave shown in Figure P13.41 is traveling in the positive x direction and has a
frequency of 18.0 Hz. Find the

(a) amplitude,
(b) wavelength,
(c) period and

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(d) speed of the wave.
Question 3
Tension is maintained in a string as in Figure P13.57. The observed wave speed is v =24.0 m/s
when the suspended mass is m = 3.00 kg.

(a) What is the mass per unit length of the string?


(b) (b) What is the wave speed when the suspended mass is m = 2.00 kg?
Question 4
A taut clothesline has length Land a mass M . A transverse pulse is produced by plucking one
end of the clothesline. If the pulse makes n round trips along the clothesline in t seconds, nd
expressions for
(a) (a) the speed of the pulse in terms of n, L, and t and
(b) the tension F in the clothesline in terms of the same variables and mass M .
Question 5

(a) By reference to vibrations of points on a wave and to its direction of energy transfer, distin-
guish between transverse waves and longitudinal waves.
(b) The variation of the distance x with the dispalcement y of a transverse wave is shown on g
14.21

2
(i) use g 14.21 to determine
(1) The amplitude of the wave
(2) The phase dierence between the points labelled A and B
(ii) Determine the amplitude of the wave with twice the intensity as that shown in g 14.21
Question 6
An object of mass m is connected to two rubber bands of length L, each under tension F , as in
Figure P13.72. The object is displaced vertically by a small distance y . Assuming the tension does
not change, show that

(a) the restoring force is −( 2F


L
)y and
q
(b) the system exhibits simple harmonic motion with an angular frequency ω = 2F
mL
.

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