A string A has twice the length, twice the diameter, twice the tension and twice the density of another…
A string A has twice the length, twice the diameter, twice the tension and twice the density of another string B. The overtone of A which will, have the same fundamental frequency as that of B is
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Solution
Fundamental frequency of string $B$ is,
$\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{B}} & =\frac{1}{2 l_{\mathrm{B}}} \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{B}}}{\mu_{\mathrm{B}}}} \text {. where, } \mu=\text { mass per unit length. } \\
\mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{B}} & =\rho \pi \mathrm{r}^2 l \\
\therefore \quad \mu_{\mathrm{B}} & =\frac{\rho \pi \mathrm{r}^2 l}{l}=\rho \pi \mathrm{r}^2 \\
\therefore \quad \mu_{\mathrm{A}} & =2 \rho \pi(2 \mathrm{r})^2=8 \mu_{\mathrm{B}} \\
\mu_{\mathrm{A}} & =\frac{8 f \pi \mathrm{r}^2}{2 l}=4 \mu_{\mathrm{B}}
\end{aligned}$
$\therefore \quad$ Fundamental frequency of string A is,
$\mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{A}}=\frac{1}{2\left(2 l_{\mathrm{B}}\right)} \sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{B}}}{8 \mu_{\mathrm{B}}}}=\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{2 l_{\mathrm{B}}} \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{B}}}{\mu_{\mathrm{B}}}}\right)=\frac{1}{4} \mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{B}}$ Frequency of $\mathrm{p}^{\text {th }}$ overtone $=(p+1) n$ Here, $(p+1)=4 \Rightarrow p=3$
$\therefore \quad 3^{\text {rd }}$ Overtone of string A will have same frequency as fundamental frequency of string B .