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Assertion : A wire is stretched and then fixed at two ends
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Waves · Waves
Problem
Assertion :
A wire is stretched and then fixed at two ends. It oscillates in its second overtone mode. There are total four nodes and three antinodes.
Reason :
In second overtone mode, length of wire should be
l
=
3
λ
2
l = \frac{3\lambda}{2}
l
=
2
3
λ
, where
λ
\lambda
λ
is wavelength.
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