Ch 16: Sound & Hearing
Chapter 16, Problem 16
(b) A metal bar with a length of 1.50 m has density 6400 kg/m3 . Longitudinal sound waves take 3.90 * 10-4 s to travel from one end of the bar to the other. What is Young's modulus for this metal?
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