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Q. The length of the string of a musical instrument is $90\, cm$ and has a fundamental frequency of $120\, Hz$. Where should it be pressed to produce fundamental frequency of $180\, Hz$ ?

NEETNEET 2020Waves

Solution:

The velocity of the travelling wave remains a constant.
Initially for fundamental mode,
the length of the string is half the wavelength.
$ \begin{array}{l} \lambda=180 cm \\ v=124 Hz \end{array} $
The new frequency is Given by: $v_{2}=186 Hz$
Using the fact that $v \lambda=$ constant
we get $\lambda_{2}=120 cm$
The midpoint of this would be the node (where the string needs to be plucked).
The string needs to be plucked at $60 cm$.