A closed pipe and an open pipe have their first overtone equal in frequency. Then the lengths of these pipes…

A closed pipe and an open pipe have their first overtone equal in frequency. Then the lengths of these pipes are in the ratio
  1. $1: 2$
  2. $2: 3$
  3. $3: 4$
  4. $4: 5$

Solution

The first overtone for open pipe is $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{o}}=\frac{2 \mathrm{v}}{2 l_{\mathrm{o}}}$ The first overtone for closed pipe is $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{c}}=\frac{3 \mathrm{v}}{4 l_{\mathrm{c}}}$ Equating the frequencies, $\frac{2 \mathrm{v}}{2 l_{\mathrm{o}}}=\frac{3 \mathrm{v}}{4 l_{\mathrm{c}}}$ $\frac{l_{\mathrm{c}}}{l_{\mathrm{o}}}=\frac{3}{4}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (13 May Shift 2)

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