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JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 1 · Physics · Waves and Sound · easy

A pipe of length 1.0 m is used in two ways, first closed at one end and then open at both ends. The speed of sound is 340 m s^-1; neglect end…

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A pipe of length 1.0 m1.0\ \mathrm{m} is used in two ways, first closed at one end and then open at both ends. The speed of sound is 340 m s−1340\ \mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}; neglect end corrections. Match the frequencies in List-I with the values in List-II.

List-I
(P) fundamental frequency of the closed pipe
(Q) frequency of the third overtone of the closed pipe
(R) fundamental frequency of the open pipe
(S) frequency of the second overtone of the open pipe

List-II
(1) 85 Hz85\ \mathrm{Hz}
(2) 170 Hz170\ \mathrm{Hz}
(3) 255 Hz255\ \mathrm{Hz}
(4) 510 Hz510\ \mathrm{Hz}
(5) 595 Hz595\ \mathrm{Hz}
  1. A. P→1, Q→5, R→2, S→4
  2. B. P→1, Q→3, R→2, S→4
  3. C. P→2, Q→5, R→1, S→4
  4. D. P→1, Q→5, R→2, S→3
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Answer: (A) P→1, Q→5, R→2, S→4

A closed pipe has a node at the closed end and an antinode at the open end, so only odd harmonics occur: fn=(2n+1)v4Lf_n=(2n+1)\dfrac{v}{4L} for the nn-th overtone, with v4L=85 Hz\dfrac{v}{4L}=85\ \mathrm{Hz}. (P) The fundamental is 85 Hz85\ \mathrm{Hz}, so P→1. (Q) The third overtone is the 77th harmonic, 7×85=595 Hz7\times85=595\ \mathrm{Hz}, so Q→5 (the 255 Hz255\ \mathrm{Hz} value is the third harmonic, i.e. the first overtone). An open pipe has all harmonics fn=nv2Lf_n=n\dfrac{v}{2L} with v2L=170 Hz\dfrac{v}{2L}=170\ \mathrm{Hz}. (R) The fundamental is 170 Hz170\ \mathrm{Hz}, so R→2. (S) The second overtone is the third harmonic, 3×170=510 Hz3\times170=510\ \mathrm{Hz}, so S→4. The matching is P→1, Q→5, R→2, S→4.
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