A student is performing the resonance-column experiment

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A student is performing the resonance-column experiment. The diameter of the column tube is 4 cm4\text{ cm}. The frequency of the tuning fork is 512 Hz512\text{ Hz}. The air temperature is 38∘C38^\circ\text{C}, at which the speed of sound is 336 m/s336\text{ m/s}. The zero of the metre scale coincides with the top end of the resonance-column tube. When the first resonance occurs, the reading of the water level in the column is (1) 14.0 cm14.0\text{ cm} (2) 15.2 cm15.2\text{ cm} (3) 6.4 cm6.4\text{ cm} (4) 17.6 cm17.6\text{ cm}

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