Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 21 - Superposition - Exercises and Problems - Page 621: 18

Answer

$4.8\;\rm cm$

Work Step by Step

This is a situation of a string that is fixed from both ends where the frequency is given by $$f_m=\dfrac{mv}{2L}$$ And for the fundamental frequency $$f_1=\dfrac{v}{2L}$$ Hence, for two different lengths of the string, $$\dfrac{f_{1A}}{f_{1B}}=\dfrac{\frac{v}{2L_A}}{\frac{v}{2L_B}}=\dfrac{L_B}{L_A}$$ Noting that we assumed that the second given frequency is $f_{1B}$ when the length is $L_B$ Thus, $$L_B=\dfrac{f_{1A}L_A}{f_{1B}}\tag 1$$ We need to find where must the violinist place his finger, which is the distance from its end $$x=L_A-L_B$$ Plugging $L_B$ from (1); $$x=L_A-\dfrac{f_{1A}L_A}{f_{1B}}=L_A\left[1-\dfrac{f_{1A} }{f_{1B}}\right]$$ Plugging the known; $$x=30\left[1-\dfrac{440 }{523}\right]=4.76\;\rm cm$$ $$x=\color{red}{\bf 4.8}\;\rm cm$$
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