Two uniform wires of the same material are vibrating under the same tension. If the first overtone of the first wire is equal to the second overtone of the second wire and the radius of the first wire is twice the radius of the second wire,then the ratio of the lengths of the first wire to the second wire is:

  • A
    $1/3$
  • B
    $1/4$
  • C
    $1/5$
  • D
    $1/6$

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$A$ musical instrument is made using four different metal strings,$1, 2, 3$ and $4$ with mass per unit length $\mu, 2\mu, 3\mu$ and $4\mu$ respectively. The instrument is played by vibrating the strings by varying the free length in between the range $L_0$ and $2L_0$. It is found that in string-$1$ $(\mu)$ at free length $L_0$ and tension $T_0$ the fundamental mode frequency is $f_0$.
$List-I$ gives the above four strings while $List-II$ lists the magnitude of some quantity.
$List-I$$List-II$
$(I)$ String-$1$ $(\mu)$$(P) 1$
$(II)$ String-$2$ $(2\mu)$$(Q) 1/2$
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$(IV)$ String-$4$ $(4\mu)$$(S) 1/\sqrt{3}$
$(T) 3/16$
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$(1)$ If the tension in each string is $T_0$,the correct match for the fundamental frequency in $f_0$ units will be,
$(1)$ $I \rightarrow P, II \rightarrow R, III \rightarrow S, IV \rightarrow Q$
$(2)$ $I \rightarrow P, II \rightarrow Q, III \rightarrow T, IV \rightarrow S$
$(3)$ $I \rightarrow Q, II \rightarrow S, III \rightarrow R, IV \rightarrow P$
$(4)$ $I \rightarrow Q, II \rightarrow P, III \rightarrow R, IV \rightarrow T$
$(2)$ The lengths of the strings $1, 2, 3$ and $4$ are kept fixed at $L_0, 3L_0/2, 5L_0/4$ and $7L_0/4$,respectively. Strings $1, 2, 3$ and $4$ are vibrated at their $1^{st}, 3^{rd}, 5^{th}$ and $14^{th}$ harmonics,respectively,such that all the strings have the same frequency. The correct match for the tension in the four strings in the units of $T_0$ will be.
$(1)$ $I \rightarrow P, II \rightarrow Q, III \rightarrow T, IV \rightarrow U$
$(2)$ $I \rightarrow T, II \rightarrow Q, III \rightarrow R, IV \rightarrow U$
$(3)$ $I \rightarrow P, II \rightarrow Q, III \rightarrow R, IV \rightarrow T$
$(4)$ $I \rightarrow P, II \rightarrow R, III \rightarrow T, IV \rightarrow U$

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