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A steel wire of mass 40 g and length 80 cm is fixed at the two ends. The tension in the wire is 50 N. Find the frequency and wavelength of the fourth harmonic of the fundamental.

Fundamental frequency,




So, frequency of 4th harmonic is, F4=4ᳵ62.5=250 Hz


Now,


F44=


440 cm


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