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AP Physics 2
14.6 Wave Interference and Standing Waves
14.2 Periodic Waves
IntermediateMCQProportional AnalysisConceptual13.2k
A horizontal segment represents a stretched guitar string fixed at two rigid vertical end supports separated by distance L_0. A vertical dashed line marks the location of a fret at a distance L = (3/4)L_0 from the left support. A horizontal double-headed arrow beneath the string spans from the left support to the fret, labeled L = (3/4)L_0. Another horizontal double-headed arrow further below spans the total distance between the two end supports, labeled L_0. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A guitar string fixed at both ends with a fret located at length \(L = \dfrac{3}{4}L_0\).
A guitar string of length \(L_0\) and linear mass density \(\mu\) is fixed at both ends under tension \(T_0\). When plucked, the string vibrates in its fundamental standing wave mode with frequency \(f_0\). A musician presses down on a fret to reduce the active vibrating length of the string to \(L = \dfrac{3}{4}L_0\), and simultaneously adjusts the tuning peg so that the string tension increases to \(T = \dfrac{16}{9}T_0\). What is the ratio \(\dfrac{f}{f_0}\) of the new fundamental frequency to the original fundamental frequency?

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