A student while performing experiment with a sonometer with bridges...

A student while performing experiment with a sonometer with bridges separated by a distance of 80 cm , missed out some of the observations. However, he claimed that the three resonant frequencies for a given tuning fork were 84,140 and 224 Hz . The speed of transverse waves on the wire is

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A $33.30 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ .
B $330.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ .
C $44.80 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ .
D $448.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ .

Correct answer

C. $44.80 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ .

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