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# Question
1

The frequency obtained from a plucked string when the tension is 2 N is 400 Hz. Calculate the frequency when the tension is increased by 6 N.


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2

Why a musician must retune a stringed instrument if its temperature changes?


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3

During a thunderstorm, the time between the flash of light and the thunder is 10 s. How far away is the thunderstorm?


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4

Compare the effect of frequency and amplitude to musical sound. Give two points each.


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5

Why are the surface waves more dangerous than the primary and secondary waves?


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6

The shortest length of the air column in a resonance tube with one end closed and the other end open which  resonates to a note of frequency500Hz is hound to be 160mm. Calculate the shortest length of the column of air which resonates in similar conditions to a note of frequency800 Hz.


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