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Q112NEET 2016 · PHASE 2Medium

Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube

The second overtone of an open organ pipe has the same frequency as the first overtone of a closed pipe L metre long. The length of the open pipe will be

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Answer: (b)

  1. Open pipe second overtone: 3v2Lo\frac{3v}{2L_o}; closed pipe first overtone: 3v4L\frac{3v}{4L}.
  2. 3v2Lo=3v4L⇒Lo=2L\frac{3v}{2L_o} = \frac{3v}{4L} \Rightarrow L_o = 2L
  3. So the answer is (b) 2L2L.
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