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JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 · Physics · Waves and Sound · hard

A stretched string of length 0.50 m, linear density 0.010 kg m^-1 and tension 100 N is fixed at both ends. It is sounded near a pipe of length 0.85 m…

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A stretched string of length 0.50 m0.50\ \mathrm{m}, linear density 0.010 kg m−10.010\ \mathrm{kg\,m^{-1}} and tension 100 N100\ \mathrm{N} is fixed at both ends. It is sounded near a pipe of length 0.85 m0.85\ \mathrm{m} that is closed at one end, in air where the speed of sound is 340 m s−1340\ \mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}. Choose the correct statement(s).
  1. A. The fundamental frequencies of the string and of the pipe are equal.
  2. B. The second harmonic of the string also resonates with a mode of the pipe.
  3. C. If the tension in the string is made four times larger, no harmonic of the string can resonate with any mode of the pipe.
  4. D. If the air temperature rises so that the speed of sound becomes 346.8 m s−1346.8\ \mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}, the fundamental of the pipe and of the string (unchanged) produce 2 Hz2\ \mathrm{Hz} beats.
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Answer: A, C, D

String: v=T/μ=100 m s−1v=\sqrt{T/\mu}=100\ \mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}, so fn=n v/2L=100n Hzf_n=n\,v/2L=100n\ \mathrm{Hz}. Closed pipe: f=(2k+1)va/4Lp=(2k+1)×100 Hzf=(2k+1)v_a/4L_p=(2k+1)\times100\ \mathrm{Hz}. (A) Both fundamentals are 100 Hz100\ \mathrm{Hz}: true. (B) The string's second harmonic is 200 Hz200\ \mathrm{Hz}, an even multiple of 100100, which a closed pipe cannot sustain: false. (C) With 4T4T the wave speed doubles and fn=200n Hzf_n=200n\ \mathrm{Hz}, always an even multiple of 100 Hz100\ \mathrm{Hz}, while the pipe supports only odd multiples: no match, true. (D) The pipe fundamental becomes 346.8/3.4=102 Hz346.8/3.4=102\ \mathrm{Hz}, giving 2 Hz2\ \mathrm{Hz} beats with the string's 100 Hz100\ \mathrm{Hz}: true. The key idea is that a closed pipe supports only odd harmonics of its fundamental while a string supports all harmonics, so coincidences require the string frequencies to include odd multiples.
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