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6 (a) Two students are measuring the speed of sound.

The students are provided with a starting pistol, a stopwatch and a long measuring tape. The
starting pistol, when fired, produces a loud sound and a puff of smoke at the same instant.

Describe how the students use the apparatus and how they calculate the speed. You may
draw a diagram.

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(b) A device at the bottom of the sea emits a sound wave of frequency 200 Hz.

(i) The speed of sound in sea-water is 1500 m / s.

Calculate the wavelength of the sound in sea-water.

wavelength = ................................................................. [2]

(ii) The sound wave passes from the sea-water into the air.

State what happens, if anything, to

• the frequency of the sound, ...............................................................................

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• the speed of the sound. .....................................................................................

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