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A string is stretched between two nails fixed in the opposite walls and plucked from middle. The vibrations produced by the string are:

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Question

A string is stretched between two nails fixed in the opposite walls and plucked from middle. The vibrations produced by the string are:

Options

  • forced vibrations

  • free vibrations

  • damped vibrations

  • resonant vibrations

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Solution

Free vibrations

Explanation:

After being plucked, the string vibrates on its own under the action of a restoring force. These are free vibrations, not vibrations maintained by an external force or resonance.

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Chapter 6: Sound - EXERCISE-2 [Page 132]

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