The fundamental frequency of an air column in pipe ' $\mathrm{A}$ ' closed at one end coincides with second…

The fundamental frequency of an air column in pipe ' $\mathrm{A}$ ' closed at one end coincides with second overtone of pipe ' $\mathrm{B}$ ' open at both ends. The ratio of length of pipe ' $\mathrm{A}$ ' to that of pipe ' $\mathrm{B}$ ' is
  1. $3: 8$
  2. $3: 4$
  3. $1: 6$
  4. $2: 3$

Solution

Fundamental frequency of pipe closed at one end $\mathrm{n}=\frac{\mathrm{v}}{4 \ell}$ Second overtone of pipe open at both the ends $\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{n}^{\prime}=\left(\frac{3 \mathrm{v}}{2 \ell^{\prime}}\right) \\ & \mathrm{n}^{\prime}=\mathrm{n} \\ & \therefore \frac{3 \mathrm{v}}{2 \ell^{\prime}}=\frac{\mathrm{v}}{4 \ell} \\ & \therefore \frac{\ell}{\ell^{\prime}}=\frac{1}{6} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (23 Sep Shift 2)

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