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Ch. 15 - Wave Motion
Giancoli Douglas - Physics for Scientists and Engineers 5th edition
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Capitolo 15, Problema 16

Two earthquake waves of the same frequency travel through the same portion of the Earth, but one is carrying 3.5 times the energy. What is the ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves?

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Understand the relationship between the energy of a wave and its amplitude. The energy of a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude. Mathematically, this can be expressed as: E \(\propto\) A^2, where E is the energy and A is the amplitude.
Set up the ratio of the energies of the two waves. Let the energy of the first wave be E_1 and the energy of the second wave be E_2. According to the problem, E_2 = 3.5 \(\cdot\) E_1.
Express the relationship between the amplitudes of the two waves using the proportionality: \(\frac{E_2}{E_1}\) = \(\left\)(\(\frac{A_2}{A_1}\)\(\right\))^2. Substitute E_2 = 3.5 \(\cdot\) E_1 into this equation.
Simplify the equation to solve for the ratio of the amplitudes: \(\frac{A_2}{A_1}\) = \(\sqrt{\frac{E_2}{E_1}\)}. Substitute \(\frac{E_2}{E_1}\) = 3.5 into the equation.
Conclude that the ratio of the amplitudes is the square root of 3.5. This gives the final expression: \(\frac{A_2}{A_1}\) = \(\sqrt{3.5}\).

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Energy and Amplitude Relationship

In wave physics, the energy carried by a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude. This means that if one wave carries more energy than another, we can determine the ratio of their amplitudes by taking the square root of the ratio of their energies.
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