Class-9

Physics
EDITION ONE

Sound
Stalin Malhotra(TMH)
Unsolved Numerical Problems

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Level-1 Unsolved Numerical Problems

01 Compute the length of the second's pendulum, when the value of g = 9.8 m/s2. (Ans. 99.3 cm)

02 A simple pendulum is kept in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform speed. What will happen to its
time period? (Ans. No change)

03 A simple pendulum is kept in a lift which falls freely. What will be its time period?
(Ans. Infinite)

04 A brass sphere filled with mercury acts as the bob of a simple pendulum. The sphere has a hole at its
bottom through which mercury is constantly oozing out. How will its time period vary with time?
(Ans. First increases then decreases and is ultimately equal to original time period)

05 The frequency of vibrating body is 500 Hz. Calculate the wavelength of the sound wave produced if the
velocity of sound in air is 332 m/s. (Ans. 0.664 m)

06 A body vibrating with a time period of 1/2000 s, produces a wave which travels in a medium with a speed
of 400 m/s. Find the wavelength. (Ans. 0.2 m)

07 In a ripple tank, 20 full ripples are produced per second. The distance between the lowest point of a
trough and the highest point of its nearest crest is 15.0 cm. Find (a) frequency,

(b) wavelength, and (c) velocity. (Ans. (a) 20 Hz, (b) 30 cm, (c) 600 cm/s)

08 A violin string emits sound with a frequency of 850 Hz. What is the distance between a crest and a
neighboring trough that passes through air? What is the period of vibration? Speed of sound, v= 340 m/s.
(Ans. 0.2 m, 1/850 s)

09 Longitudinal waves travel at the speed of 10 m/s in a coiled spring. If the distance between two
successive rarefactions is 10 cm, find the frequency of the wave. (Ans. 100 Hz)
10 A tuning fork has a frequency of 512 Hz and its produces a sound wave of wavelength 0.65m. Calculate
the velocity of the sound wave in air. (Ans. 332.8 m)

11 The frequency of a wave is 50 Hz and its wavelength is 10 m. Find the velocity of the wave. (Ans. 500 m/s)

12 The time period of a vibrating body is 0.2 s. The waves produced by the body moves with a speed of 340
m/s. Find the wavelength of the wave. (Ans. 68 m)

13 The speed of a wave is 350 m/s. Find the wavelength of the wave whose frequency is 500 Hz.
(Ans. 0.7 m)

14 A radio station transmits waves of wavelength 280 m. If the speed of the waves is 3 x 108 m/s, find the
frequency of the wave emitted by the radio station. (Ans. 1.1x 106 Hz)
Level-2 Unsolved Numerical Problems
01 An ultrasonic wave is sent from a ship towards the bottom of the sea. It is found that the time interval
between sending and receiving the wave is 1.5 s. If the velocity of sound is 1400 m/s in sea water,
calculate the depth of the sea. (Ans. 1050 m)

02 An observer measures the time interval between the sighting of lightning and hearing the thunder. He
finds it to be 5.0 s. lf the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, how far is the cloud from the observer?
(Ans. 1700 m)

03 A stone is dropped into a well. The sound of the splash is heard after 2.5 s. Find the depth of the well.
Take velocity of sound = 330 m/s. (Hint: Total time (t) = 2.5 s. It consists of two parts: (i) Time
taken (t1) by the stone to reach the water surface in the well and (ii) Time taken (t 2) by the sound to cover
a distance equal to the depth of the well). (To calculate t1 , use S = 1/2 gt12 and to calculate t2, use t = S/v)
` (Ans. 28.6 m)

04 The lowest pitch detectable as sound by an average human ear corresponds to 20 Hz and the highest to
20,000 Hz. What is the wavelength of each in air? Take velocity of sound as 330 m/s.
(Ans. 16.5 m and 1.65 cm)

05 A boy standing 100 m from a tall building claps his hands and hears an echo 0.6 s later. Find the speed of
sound in air. (Ans. 333.3 ms-1)

06 A boy standing at some distance from a cliff claps his hands and hears an echo 0.8 s later. What is the
distance of the cliff from the boy? Speed of sound=340m/s (Ans. 136 m)

07 Audible range of frequencies is 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. Find the range of wavelengths corresponding to this
frequency. Given: velocity of sound = 340 ms-1. (Ans. 17m to 0.017m)

08 The frequency of a body is 20 Hz. If the velocity of the waves produced is 340 ms-1, find the wavelength
of the wave. (Ans. 17 m)