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A steel guitar string is under a tension of and has a mass per unit length of
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Waves · Waves
Problem
A steel guitar string is under a tension of
120
N
120\,\text{N}
120
N
and has a mass per unit length of
0.0050
kg/m
0.0050\,\text{kg/m}
0.0050
kg/m
. When plucked, it vibrates at its fundamental frequency of
220
Hz
220\,\text{Hz}
220
Hz
. Determine the wavelength of the wave traveling along the string.
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