BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2015

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    A simple harmonic wave of amplitude 8 unit travels along positive x-axis. At any given instant of time, for a particle at a distance of 10 cm from the origin, the displacement is + 6 unit and for a particle at a distance of 25 cm from the origin, the displacement is + 4 unit. Calculate the wavelength,

    A)  200 cm

    B)  230 cm

    C)  210 cm

    D)  250 cm

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[Y=A\sin \frac{2\pi }{\lambda }=(vt-x)\]                 \[\frac{Y}{A}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{x}{\lambda } \right)\]                 In first case, \[\frac{{{Y}_{1}}}{A}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{{{x}_{1}}}{\lambda } \right)\] Here,     \[{{Y}_{1}}=+6,\,\,A=8,\,\,{{x}_{1}}=10\,cm\]                 \[\frac{6}{8}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda } \right)\] ... (i) Similarly in the second case,                 \[\frac{4}{8}=\sin 2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda } \right)\] ... (ii) From Eq. (i),                 \[2\lambda \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{10}{\lambda } \right)={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{6}{8} \right)=0.85\]rad \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda }=0.08\] ? (iii)                 Similarly from Eq. (ii),                 \[2\pi \left( \frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda } \right)={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{8} \right)=\frac{\pi }{6}\] rad                 \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{t}{T}-\frac{25}{\lambda }=0.08\] ... (iv) Subtracting Eq. (iv) from Eq. (iii), we get \[\frac{15}{\lambda }=0.06\Rightarrow \lambda =250\,cm\]


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