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A closed organ pipe has a fundamental frequency of 1.5 kHz. The number of overtones that can be distinctly heard by a person with this organ pipe will be: (Assume that the highest frequency a person can hear is 20, 000 Hz)



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A closed organ pipe has a fundamental frequency of 1.5 kHz. The number of overtones that can be distinctly heard by a person with this organ pipe will be: (Assume that the highest frequency a person can hear is 20, 000 Hz)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (7) -

For closed organ pipe, resonate frequency is odd multiple of fundamental frequency

∴(2n+1) f0  20, 000

(f0 is fundamental frequency=1.5 KHz)

∴n=6

∴Total number of overtone that can be headed is 7. (0 to 6).

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