An organ pipe is open at both ends. It is producing sound
atits third harmonic, the frequency of which is 262 Hz. The speed
ofsound is 343 m/s. What is the length of the pipe?

Respuesta :

To solve this problem we will apply the concepts related to the wavelength of its third harmonic.

It describes that the wavelength is equivalent to

[tex]\lambda = \frac{2}{3}L[/tex]

Here,

[tex]\lambda = Wavelength[/tex]

The wavelength is in turn described as a function that depends on the change of the speed as a function of the frequency, that is to say

[tex]\lambda = \frac{v}{f}[/tex]

In this case the speed is equivalent to the speed of sound and the frequency was previously given, therefore

[tex]\lambda = \frac{343}{262}[/tex]

[tex]\lambda = 1.3091m[/tex]

Finally the length of the pipe would be

[tex]L= \frac{3}{2}(1.3091)[/tex]

[tex]L = 1.963m[/tex]