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A guitar string is 92 cm long and has a mass of 3.7 g. The length L from the bridge to the support post is 65 cm, and the strin...Asked by kassy
A guitar string is 97 cm long and has a mass of 3.6 g. The length L from the bridge to the support post is 61 cm, and the string is under a tension of 570 N. What is the frequency of the fundamental tone?
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Damon
string length = 0.97 meter
m = 0.0036 kg
u = mass/length = .00371
half a wavelength = 0.61 meter
speed = sqrt (570/.0031) = 429 m/s
time to go half a wavelength
= .61/429 = .00142 seconds
time for a wavelength = .00284 s
f = 1/time = 351 Hz
m = 0.0036 kg
u = mass/length = .00371
half a wavelength = 0.61 meter
speed = sqrt (570/.0031) = 429 m/s
time to go half a wavelength
= .61/429 = .00142 seconds
time for a wavelength = .00284 s
f = 1/time = 351 Hz