Warm-Up Exercise 12

Due 2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 31

Physics 105, Winter Semester, 2009

Consider a two-loop standing wave on an elastic cord. If I increase the tension in the cord, keeping the frequency the same, I can produce a
one-loop standing wave or
three-loop standing wave.

Complete the following sentences with a short phrase. (a) Standing waves are caused by the interference of two waves which are... (b) Beats are caused by the interference of two waves which are...