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MHT CET 2023 (11 May, Shift 2) · Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

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Q66MHT CET 2023 · 11 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

A sonometer wire 'AA' of diameter 'dd' under tension 'TT' having density 'ρ1\rho_1' vibrates with fundamental frequency 'nn'. If we use another wire 'BB' which vibrates with same frequency under tension '2T2T' and diameter '2d2d' then density 'ρ2\rho_2 ' of wire 'BB' will be

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Answer: (c)

  1. Same length: n∝1dTρn \propto \dfrac{1}{d}\sqrt{\dfrac{T}{\rho}}.
  2. 1dTρ1=12d2Tρ2⇒1ρ1=24ρ2\dfrac{1}{d}\sqrt{\dfrac{T}{\rho_1}} = \dfrac{1}{2d}\sqrt{\dfrac{2T}{\rho_2}} \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\rho_1} = \dfrac{2}{4\rho_2}
  3. ρ2=ρ12\rho_2 = \dfrac{\rho_1}{2}
  4. So the answer is (c) ρ2=ρ12\rho_2 = \dfrac{\rho_1}{2}.
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