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The diagram above shows the wire of a sonometer box set into resonance by a vibrating tuning fork of frequency f, when the wire is stretched by a tension T, the resonating length of the wire is I while the wavelength of the sound produced is \(\lambda\). Which of the following statements about the frequency of vibration of the wire is not correct?

  • A.proportional to the mass per unit length of the wire
  • B.equal to the frequency of the tuning fork
  • C.inversely proportional to the length of the wire
  • D.proportional to the sqare root of the tension
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
2001
Question no.
#30
Type
Objective

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