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A sound wave is incident on a pool of fresh water (25 °C). The sound enters the water perpendicularly and
travels a distance of 0.45 m before striking a 0.15-m-thick copper block lying on the bottom. The sound passes
through the block, reflects from the bottom surface of the block, and returns to the top of the water along the
same path. How much time elapses between when the sound enters and when it leaves the water?

Sagot :

Answer:

0.67 ms

Explanation:

The total time it takes the sound to enter and leave the water is t and

t = t' + t" where t' = total time of sound in air = d'/v' where d' = total distance sound travels in water = 2D (since the sound waves passes through the water twice )where D = distance travelled from water to surface of copper block = 0.45 m and v' = speed of sound in water = 1500 m/s and  t" = total time of sound in copper = d"/v" where d" = total distance sound travels in copper block = 2D' (since the sound waves passes through the copper block twice )where D' = thickness of copper block = 0.15 m and v" = speed of sound in water = 4600 m/s

So, t = t' + t"

t = d'/v' + d"/v"

t = 2D/v' + 2D'/v"

Substituting the values of the variables into the equation, we have

t = 2 × 0.45 m/1500 m/s + 2 × 0.15 m/4600 m/s

t = 0.90 m/1500 m/s + 0.30 m/4600 m/s

t = 0.0006 s + 0.000065 s

t = 0.000665 s

t = 0.665 ms

t ≅ 0.67 ms

Note that the sound wave passes through the water and copper block without refracting since it enters perpendicularly. Also, the sound wave passes twice through each of the copper block and water hence the total distance in each material is twice the initial distance or thickness.

Answer:

    t = 6.63 10⁻⁴ s

Explanation:

The speed of sound is constant in a given material medium, so to calculate time we can use the uniform motion relationships

           v = d / t

           t = d / v

the speeds of sound in the three media are

air            v = 343 m / s

water       v₁ = 1493 m / s

copper    v₂ = 5010 m / s

the distance traveled in the water on the round trip is

             d = 2 x

             d₁ = 2 0.45 0.90m

the time to travel this distance is

             t₁ = d₁ / v₁

             t₁ = 0.9 / 1493

             t₁ = 6.028 10⁻⁴ s

           

the distance in the copper

             d₂ = 2 0.15 m

             d₂ = 0.30 m

the time to travel this distance in copper is

              t₂ = d₂/ v₂

              t₂ = 0.30 / 5010

              t₂ = 5.988 10⁻⁵-5 s

the total travel time is

             t = t₁ + t₂

             t = 6.028 10⁻⁴ + 0.5988 10⁻⁴

             t = 6.6268 10⁻⁴ s

             t = 6.63 10⁻⁴ s