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question 59

Multiple Choice

A string,0.28 m long and vibrating in its third harmonic,excites an open pipe that is 0.82 m long into its second overtone resonance.The speed of sound in air is 345 m/s.The speed of transverse waves on the string is closest to

• A) 120 m/s.
• B) 110 m/s.
• C) 100 m/s.
• D) 98 m/s.
• E) 91 m/s.

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