Purchase Solution

Waves - What is the value of g, the acceleration due to gravity, on Planet X?

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Astronauts visiting Planet X have a 2.40 m-long string whose mass is 5.50 g. They tie the string to a support, stretch it horizontally over a pulley 1.60 m away, and hang a 1.80 kg mass on the free end. Then the astronauts begin to excite standing waves on the string. Their data show that standing waves exist at frequencies of 64; Hz and 80; Hz, but at no frequencies in between. What is the value of g, the acceleration due to gravity, on Planet X?

Purchase this Solution
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Introduction to Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials

This quiz is for any area of science. Test yourself to see what knowledge of nanotechnology you have. This content will also make you familiar with basic concepts of nanotechnology.

Intro to the Physics Waves

Some short-answer questions involving the basic vocabulary of string, sound, and water waves.

Basic Physics

This quiz will test your knowledge about basic Physics.

Classical Mechanics

This quiz is designed to test and improve your knowledge on Classical Mechanics.

The Moon

Test your knowledge of moon phases and movement.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the planet

    The mass of its sun is 9.22 x 10^31 kg. The radius of the sun is 1.50 x 10^9 m. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the planet (g)?

  • Simple pendulum and its period in different planets

    What may not be quite as well-known, however, is that the acceleration due to gravity is actually determined by the mass (amount of material) and the radius of our planet (Note: The radius of a planet is the distance from the center of the planet to its

  • Gravitational acceleration on Planet Deneb

    Compared to Earth, what is the acceleration due to gravity on Deneb Prime? Express your answer in g's. So if you compute a value for the gravitational acceleration on Deneb Prime of, for example, 3.2g, you should simply enter "3.2".

  • Working with Gravity

    The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is given by, g = GM/r^2 Where, g = acceleration due to gravity of earth G = universal gravitational constant M = mass of earth r = radius of earth Now for the new planet with

  • Newton's law of gravitation

    74037 Newton's law of gravitation.. The planet Uranus has a radius of 25,560 km and a surface acceleration due to gravity of 11.1 m/s^2 at its poles.

  • Gravity, Planets and Period of a Pendulum

    What may not be quite as well-known, however, is that the acceleration due to gravity is actually determined by the mass (amount of material) and the radius of our planet (Note: The radius of a planet is the distance from the center of the planet to its

  • Gravitational acceleration and pendulum period on planets

    What may not be quite as well-known, however, is that the acceleration due to gravity is actually determined by the mass (amount of material) and the radius of our planet (Note: The radius of a planet is the distance from the center of the planet to its

  • Gravitational acceleration and pendulum period on planets

    What may not be quite as well-known, however, is that the acceleration due to gravity is actually determined by the mass (amount of material) and the radius of our planet (Note: The radius of a planet is the distance from the center of the planet to its

  • Kinematics

    The astronaut throws a rock straight up with a velocity of +12.1 m/s and measures a time of 18.5 s before the rock returns to his hand. What is the acceleration (magnitude and direction) due to gravity on this planet?

View More Related Solutions