JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Mechanics Question Bank Progressive Waves

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    A transverse wave is represented by the equation                    \[y={{y}_{0}}\sin \frac{2\pi }{\lambda }(vt-x)\]            For what value of l, the maximum particle velocity equal to two times the wave velocity [CBSE PMT 1998; JIPMER 2001, 02; AFMC 2002]

    A)            \[\lambda =2\pi {{y}_{0}}\]   

    B)            \[\lambda =\pi {{y}_{0}}/3\]

    C)            \[\lambda =\pi {{y}_{0}}/2\] 

    D)            \[\lambda =\pi {{y}_{0}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               On comparing the given equation with standard equation\[y=a\sin \frac{2\pi }{\lambda }(vt-x)\]. It is clear that wave speed \[{{(v)}_{wave}}=v\] and maximum particle velocity \[{{({{v}_{\max }})}_{particle}}=a\omega \]\[={{y}_{0}}\times \]co-efficient of t \[={{y}_{0}}\times \frac{2\pi v}{\lambda }\] \[\because \,\,\,{{({{v}_{\max }})}_{particle}}=2{{(\omega )}_{wave}}\] Þ \[\frac{a\times 2\pi v}{\lambda }=2v\] Þ \[\lambda =\pi {{y}_{0}}\]


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