Sound propagating

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Originally Posted by babygirl

Sound propagating through air at 30oC passes through a vertical cold front into air that is 4.0oC. If the sound has a frequency of 2400 Hz, by what percentage does its wavelength change in crossing the boundary?

The speed of sound changes from 349.4 m/s to 333.8 m/s. The frequencies
on both sides of the front are equal, so as:

$<br /> \lambda=c/f<br />$

the wavelengths are:

$<br /> \lambda_1=349.4/2400=0.146,\ \ \lambda_2=333.8/2400=0.139 \mbox{ m}<br />$

So the percentage change in wavelength is:

$\frac{\lambda_2-\lambda_1}{\lambda_1}\times 100\approx 4.8 \%$

RonL