Question

(a) Find the speed of waves on a violin string of mass 717 mg and length 24.3 cm if the fundamental frequency is 980 Hz. (b) What is the tension in the string? For the fundamental, what is the wavelength of (c) the waves on the string and (d) the sound waves emitted by the string? (Take the speed of sound in air to be 343 m/s.)

Answer 1

a)v = 476.28 m / s , b) T = 6.69 10⁵ N , c) λ = 0.486 m , d) λ = 0.35 m

Step-by-step explanation:

a) The speed of a wave on a string is

v = √T /μ

also all the waves fulfill the relationship

v = λ f

they indicate that the fundamental frequency is f = 980 Hz.

The wavelength that is fixed at its ends and has a maximum in the center

L = λ / 2

λ = 2L

we substitute

v = 2 L f

let's calculate

v = 2 0.243 980

v = 476.28 m / s

b) The tension of the rope

T = v² μ

the density of the string is

μ = m / L

T = v² m / L

T = 476.28² 0.717 / 0.243

T = 6.69 10⁵ N

c) λ = 2L

λ = 2 0.243

λ = 0.486 m

d) The violin has a resonance process with the air therefore the frequency of the wave in the air is the same as the wave in the string. Let's find the wavelength in the air

v = λ f

λ= v / f

λ = 343/980

λ = 0.35 m