(c) A stretched string, fixed at both ends by supports which are 0.4 m apart, vibrates with a fundamental frequency of 330 Hz. The amplitude at the antinode is 10 mm. (i) Find the frequencies corresponding to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd overtones. (ii) What length of "closed" organ pipe will produce the same fundamental frequency of the guitar as its second overtone? Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s.

(c) A stretched string, fixed at both ends by supports which are 0.4 m apart, vibrates with a fundamental frequency of 330 Hz. The amplitude at the antinode is 10 mm. (i) Find the frequencies corresponding to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd overtones. (ii) What length of "closed" organ pipe will produce the same fundamental frequency of the guitar as its second overtone? Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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