Two children are at opposite ends of an aluminium rod. One strikes the end of the rod with a stone. Find the ratio of times taken by the sound wave in air and in aluminium to reach the second child.
Let, length of the aluminium rod = 'd' metre
Speed of sound in air = 344 ms-1
Time taken by sound in air to reach the child, t(air) = sec
Speed of sound in aluminium = 6420 ms-1
Time taken by sound in aluminium rod to reach the child, t (aluminium) =
Ratio of times taken by sound wave in air to aluminium is given by,