Question

You attach a speaker to an air track cart and then attach the cart to one end of the air track by means of a spring and start the system oscillating by stretching the spring 0.797 m from its equilibrium position and then releasing it. The force constant for the spring is k = 49.8 N/m, the total mass of the speaker and air track cart are 4.00 kg, and the speaker emits sound with a frequency of 405 Hz. If your lab partner Hal stands at the end of the air track, determine the highest and lowest frequencies he hears. The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s. (Enter answers to at least the nearest Hz.)

Lowest Frequency =
Highest Freqency =

Answer 1

☞ANSWER☜

“LOWEST FREQUENCY”

The lowest possible frequency at which a string could vibrate to form a standing wave pattern is known as the fundamental frequency or the first harmonic. The second lowest frequency at which a string could vibrate is known as the second harmonic; the third lowest frequency is known as the third harmonic; and so on.

“HIGHEST FREQUENCY”

Gamma rays have the highest energies, the shortest wavelengths, and the highest frequencies. Radio waves, on the other hand, have the lowest energies, longest wavelengths, and lowest frequencies of any type of EM radiation.