3(c)
A sound wave travelling in water has wavelength 0.4 m. Is this wave audible in air? (The speed of sound in water = 1400 ms-1)
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Given,
wavelength = 0.4 m
speed of sound in water = 1400 m s-1
As we know,
frequency of wave = $\frac{\text{Speed}}{\text{Wavelength}}$
Substituting the values we get,
$$\begin{aligned}\text{frequency of wave} = \frac{1400}{0.4} \\[0.5em] \text{frequency of wave} = 3500 \text{ Hz} = 3.5 \text{ kHz} \\[0.5em]\end{aligned}$$
Hence, we get the frequency of wave = 3500 Hz and this lies in the audible range of frequency (i.e., 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz), hence it is audible.