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A piano wire weighing 600 g and having a length of 900 cm emits a fundamental frequency corresponding to the “Middle C” (ν = 26163 Hz). Find the tension in the wire.

Mass density,


We know for fundamental frequency,



Putting the values, we get,



Now, given that,



So,


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