Q. A pipe closed at one end produces a fundamental note of . It is cut into two pieces of equal length the fundamental notes produced by the two pieces are

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Solution:

When the dosed pipe is cut one open and one closed pipe are formed.
When pipe is closed at one end
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Given,

When pipe is cut into two equal halves then length of each is .
(closed pipe)
(open pipe)
Where

Putting from Eq. (i), we get


Note: A closed pipe produces only odd harmonics while an open pipe produces both even and odd harmonics.