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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Wave Motion and Waves on a String

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1] · Physics · Wave Motion and Waves on a String

A piano wire weighing 6.00 g and having a length of 90.0 cm...

A piano wire weighing 6.00 g6.00 \text{ g} and having a length of 90.0 cm90.0 \text{ cm} produces a fundamental frequency corresponding to "Middle C" (ν=261.63 Hz\nu = 261.63 \text{ Hz}). Determine the tension in the wire.

Options

  1. A740 N740 \text{ N}
  2. B370 N370 \text{ N}
  3. C1.48×106 N1.48 \times 10^6 \text{ N}
  4. D1480 N1480 \text{ N}

Correct answer

D. 1480 N1480 \text{ N}

Step-by-step solution

Mass of the wire, m=6.00 g=6×10−3 kgm = 6.00 \text{ g} = 6 \times 10^{-3} \text{ kg}

Length of the wire, L=90.0 cm=0.9 mL = 90.0 \text{ cm} = 0.9 \text{ m}

Fundamental frequency, ν=261.63 Hz\nu = 261.63 \text{ Hz}

The fundamental frequency of a stretched string is given by:

ν=12LTμ\nu = \dfrac{1}{2L} \sqrt{\dfrac{T}{\mu}}

where μ=mL\mu = \dfrac{m}{L} is the linear mass density.

Squaring both sides and rearranging for tension TT:

T=4L2ν2μ=4Lmν2T = 4 L^2 \nu^2 \mu = 4 L m \nu^2

Substituting the given values:

T=4×0.9×6×10−3×(261.63)2T = 4 \times 0.9 \times 6 \times 10^{-3} \times (261.63)^2

T=0.0216×68450.26T = 0.0216 \times 68450.26

T≈1478.5 NT \approx 1478.5 \text{ N}

Rounding off to three significant figures, we get:

T=1480 NT = 1480 \text{ N}
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