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NEET 2026
Exam
NEET
Year
2026
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Waves and Sound

NEET 2026 · Physics · Waves and Sound

For sound waves, if the number of nodes for the 5^ th harmonic of...

For sound waves, if the number of nodes for the 5th5^{th} harmonic of an open-ended pipe is nn and that for the 9th9^{th} harmonic of the same pipe with one of its ends closed is mm, the ratio nm\dfrac{n}{m} is :

Options

  1. A35\dfrac{3}{5}
  2. B59\dfrac{5}{9}
  3. C95\dfrac{9}{5}
  4. D11

Correct answer

D. 11

Step-by-step solution

For an open-ended pipe, the pthp^{th} harmonic contains pp nodes and p+1p+1 antinodes.

For the 5th5^{th} harmonic of the open-ended pipe, the number of nodes is n=5n = 5.

For a pipe closed at one end, only odd harmonics are present. The qthq^{th} harmonic (where qq is an odd integer) contains q+12\dfrac{q+1}{2} nodes and q+12\dfrac{q+1}{2} antinodes.

For the 9th9^{th} harmonic of the closed pipe, the number of nodes is m=9+12=5m = \dfrac{9+1}{2} = 5.

The ratio of the number of nodes is nm=55=1\dfrac{n}{m} = \dfrac{5}{5} = 1.
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