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Questions
State law of length.
State the law of length for a vibrating string.
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Solution
The fundamental frequency of vibrations of a string is inversely proportional to the length of the vibrating string if tension and mass per unit length are constant.
∴ n ∝ `1/l` ...(if T and m are constant.)
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