NATS 1720 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Basilar Membrane, Sound, Overpressure
8 Nov 2018
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Due: oct 4, 2018: please answer the questions on these pages. You can attach additional pages if you need more space. If you do then please clearly indicate which question is being answered on the extra page: your completed assignment is to be handed in during class on thursday, October 4th, or in the nats 1720 drop-box outside bethune 218 by no later than 4pm on friday, october 5th: marks on this assignment add up to 20. Name: consider the two graphs of acoustic overpressure vs. time shown below. For each graph: using an arrow (with label), show one time at which a compression occurs and one time corresponding to a rarefaction. [1 mark: obtain the amplitude and period, and calculate the frequency. (don"t forget to include the appropriate units in your answer. ) [1 mark: describe which psychophysical characteristic(s) of these sounds di er if they are heard one after the other.
