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Physics Waves And Oscillations Level: High School

Open pipe

The overall length of a piccolo is 32.0 cm . The resonating air column vibrates as in a pipe that is open at both ends .

a) Find the frequency of the lowest note a piccolo can play . assuming that the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s .

b) Opening holes in the side effectively shortens the length of the resonant column . If the highest note a piccolo can sound is 4000 Hz , find the distance between adjacent antinodes for this mode of vibration .