Answer:
The length of the longer pipe is L = 2.30 m
Explanation:
Given that:
Two open organ pipes, sounding together, produce a beat frequency of 8.0 Hz . The shorter one is 2.08 m long.
How long is the other pipe?
From above;
The formula for the frequency of open ended pipes can be expressed as:
[tex]f = \dfrac{nv}{2L}[/tex]
where n = 1 ( since half wavelength exist between those two pipes)
v = 343 m/s and L = 2.08 m
Thus, the shorter pipe produces a frequency of :
[tex]f = \dfrac{1*343}{2*2.08}[/tex]
[tex]f = \dfrac{343}{4.16}[/tex]
[tex]f =82.45 \ Hz[/tex]
Also; we know that the beat frequency was given as 8.0 Hz
Then,
The lower frequency of the longer pipe = ( 82.45 - 8.0 )Hz
The lower frequency of the longer pipe = 74.45 Hz
Finally;
From the above equation; make Length L the subject of the formula. Then,
The length of the longer pipe is L = [tex]\dfrac{nv}{2f}[/tex]
The length of the longer pipe is L = [tex]\dfrac{1*343}{2*74.45}[/tex]
The length of the longer pipe is L = [tex]\dfrac{343}{148.9}[/tex]
The length of the longer pipe is L = 2.30 m
