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In order to double the frequency of the fundamental note emitted by a stretched string, the length is reduced to 34th of the original length and the tension is changed. The factor by which the tension is to be changed is,

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A cylindrical resonance tube, open at both ends, has a fundamental frequency f in air. If half of the length is dipped vertically in water. The fundamental frequency of the air column will be
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The length of a sonometer wire AB is 110 cm. Where, should the two bridges be placed from A to divide the wire in 3 segments whose fundamental frequencies are in the ratio of 1: 2: 3?
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A wire of length l having tension T and radius r vibrates with natural frequency f. Another wire of same metal with length 2l having tension 2T and radius 2r will vibrate with natural frequency
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When the string of a sonometer of length L between the bridges vibrates in the second overtone, the amplitude of vibration is maximum at
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A stationary wave set up on a string has the equation y=2 mmsin6.25 m-1xcosωt. This stationary wave is created by two identical waves, of amplitude A each moving in opposite directions along the string. Then,
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Two strings A and B have lengths lA and lB and carry masses MA and MB at their lower ends, the upper ends being supported by rigid supports. If nA and nB are their fundamental frequencies of their vibrations, then nA:nB is