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A sonometer wire of length 1.5m is made of steel. The tension in it produces an elastic strain of 1% . What is the fundamental frequency of steel if density and elasticity of steel are 7.7×103 kg m-3 and 2.2×1011 N m-2 respectively?
PhysicsWaves and SoundJEE MainJEE Main 2013 (07 Apr)
Options:
  • A 200.5 Hz
  • B 770 Hz
  • C 188.5 Hz
  • D 178.2 Hz
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 178.2 Hz
f = V 2 = 1 2 T μ = 1 2 T Ad

Also, Y = T A Δ       ⇒   T A = Y Δ       ⇒   f = 1 2 Y Δ d

= 1.5 m,  Δ = 0.01, d = 7.7 × 1 0  kg / m 3

Y = 2.2 × 1 0 1 N / m 2

After solving

f = 2 7 × 1 0 3 3 Hz

f  ≈  178.2  Hz

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