A sonometer wire having a length of between the bridges vibrates in its second harmonic in resonance with a tuning fork of frequency . What is the speed of the transverse wave on the wire?
Step 1 : Given data
Length of the sonometer wire
Frequency of tuning fork
Step 2 : To find the speed of transverse wave
Let the first harmonic be and the second harmonic be ,
First harmonic for fundamental frequency ,
Wave speed
Hence the speed of transverse wave