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Clothesline Nodes. Cousin Throckmorton is once again
Chapter 15, Problem 73P(choose chapter or problem)
Clothesline Nodes. Cousin Throckmorton is once again playing with the clothesline in Example 15.2 (Section 15.3). One end of the clothesline is attached to a vertical post. Throcky holds the other end loosely in his hand, so that the speed of waves on the clothesline is a relatively slow 0.720 m/s. He finds several frequencies at which he can oscillate his end of the clothesline so that a light clothespin 45.0 cm from the post doesn’t move. What are these frequencies?
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Clothesline Nodes. Cousin Throckmorton is once again playing with the clothesline in Example 15.2 (Section 15.3). One end of the clothesline is attached to a vertical post. Throcky holds the other end loosely in his hand, so that the speed of waves on the clothesline is a relatively slow 0.720 m/s. He finds several frequencies at which he can oscillate his end of the clothesline so that a light clothespin 45.0 cm from the post doesn’t move. What are these frequencies?
ANSWER:Solution to 73P Step 1of 2 Introduction One end of the clothesline is attached to a vertical post and the other end is held by the person. A clothespin is at 45 cm from one end. We need to find the frequencies with which the person can oscillate his end of the clothesline. Speed of the waves=0.720m/s Length =45 cm =0.45m Frequencies present f = n