Question

While measuring the speed of sound by performing a resonance column experiment, a student gets the first resonance condition at a column length of $$18\,cm$$  during winter. Repeating the same experiment during summer, she measures the column length to be $$x\,cm$$  for the second resonance. Then

A. $$18 > x$$
B. $$x > 54$$  
C. $$54 > x > 36$$
D. $$36 > x > 18$$
Answer :   $$x > 54$$
Solution :
For first resonant length $$\nu = \frac{v}{{4{\ell _1}}} = \frac{v}{{4 \times 18}}\,\left( {{\text{in winter}}} \right)$$
For second resonant length
$$\eqalign{ & \nu ' = \frac{{3v'}}{{4{\ell _2}}} = \frac{{3v'}}{{4x}}\,\left( {{\text{in summer}}} \right) \cr & \therefore \,\,\frac{v}{{4 \times 18}} = \frac{{3v'}}{{4 \times x}} \cr & \therefore \,\,x = 3 \times 18 \times \frac{{v'}}{v} \cr & \therefore \,\,x = 54 \times \frac{{v'}}{v}cm \cr} $$
$$v' > v$$  because velocity of light is greater in summer as compared to winter $$\left( {v\, \propto \,\sqrt T } \right)$$
$$\therefore $$ $$x > 54\,cm$$

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A cylindrical tube open at both ends, has a fundamental frequency $$'f'$$ in air. The tube is dipped vertically in air. The tube is dipped vertically in water so that half of it is in water. The fundamental frequency of the air column in now

A. $$\frac{f}{2}$$
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A. $$a\sin \left( {k\,x + \omega t} \right)$$
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An object of specific gravity $$\rho $$ is hung from a thin steel wire. The fundamental frequency for transverse standing waves in the wire is $$300\,Hz.$$  The object is immersed in water so that one half of its volume is submerged. The new fundamental frequency in $$Hz$$  is

A. $$300{\left( {\frac{{2\,\rho - 1}}{{2\,\rho }}} \right)^{\frac{1}{2}}}$$
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A. A node occurs at $$x = 0.15\,m$$
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D. The wave length is $$0.3\,m$$

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