Question

sound travels through a guitar string at 600m/s, making a sound wave in the air with a speed of 333m/s. in one or two sentenres, explain how the wavelength and frequency of the wave in the string commpare to the wavelength and frequency og the wave in the air.

Answer 1

The frequency of the sound wave remains constant when transitioning from the guitar string to the air because it is determined by the source of the sound (the vibrating string). However, the wavelength of the wave in the string will be shorter than that in the air due to the higher speed of sound in the string; thus, the wavelength in the string can be found using the formula \( \text{wavelength} = \frac{\text{speed}}{\text{frequency}} \), which results in a smaller wavelength in the faster medium compared to the slower medium.