Wave Mechanics Vibration Of String Question 52

Question: In an experiment with sonometer a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz resonates with a length of 25 cm and another tuning fork resonates with a length of 16 cm. Tension of the string remaining constant the frequency of the second tuning fork is

[KCET 2005]

Options:

A) 163.84 Hz

B) 400 Hz

C) 320 Hz

D) 204.8 Hz

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

In case of sonometer frequency is given by $ n=\frac{p}{2l}\sqrt{\frac{T}{m}} $

Therefore $ \frac{n _{2}}{n _{1}}=\frac{l _{1}}{l _{2}}\Rightarrow n _{2}=\frac{25}{16}\times 256=400Hz $