A steel guitar string is under a tension of and has a mass per unit length of

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Problem

A steel guitar string is under a tension of 120 N120\,\text{N} and has a mass per unit length of 0.0050 kg/m0.0050\,\text{kg/m}. When plucked, it vibrates at its fundamental frequency of 220 Hz220\,\text{Hz}. Determine the wavelength of the wave traveling along the string.

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