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A sonometer wire of length l vibrates in fundamental mode when excited by a tunning fork of frequency 416 Hz. If the length is doubled keeping other things same, the string will

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vibrates with frequency of 416 Hz

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vibrates with frequency of 208 Hz

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C

vibrates with frequency of 832 Hz

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D

stop vibrating

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Solution

The correct option is A vibrates with frequency of 416 Hz
since the wire is being excited by the tunning fork of frequency $416$ Hz then wire of sonometer will always vibrate at frequency $416$ Hz the change in length will only effect its fundamental frequency.
so the answer is A.

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