Wave Mechanics Vibration Of String Question 40

Question: Three similar wires of frequency n1, n2 and n3 are joined to make one wire. Its frequency will be

[CBSE PMT 2000]

Options:

A) $ n=n _{1}+n _{2}+n _{3} $

B) $ \frac{1}{n}=\frac{1}{n _{1}}+\frac{1}{n _{2}}+\frac{1}{n _{3}} $

C) $ \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{n _{1}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{n _{2}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{n _{3}}} $

D) $ \frac{1}{n^{1}}=\frac{1}{n _{1}^{2}}+\frac{1}{n _{2}^{2}}+\frac{1}{n _{3}^{2}} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ n=\frac{1}{2l}\sqrt{\frac{T}{m}} $

Therefore $ n _{1}l _{1}=n _{2}l _{2}=n _{3}l _{3}=k $

$ l _{1}+l _{2}+l _{3}=l $

Therefore $ \frac{k}{n _{1}}+\frac{k}{n _{2}}+\frac{k}{n _{3}}=\frac{k}{n} $

Therefore $ \frac{1}{n}=\frac{1}{n _{1}}+\frac{1}{n _{2}}+\frac{1}{n _{3}}+……..

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