Question: An organ pipe is open at one end and closed at the other. The pipe is designed to produce the note middle C (262 Hz).

An organ pipe is open at one end and closed at the other. The pipe is designed to produce the note middle C (262 Hz). 

(a) How long is the pipe? 

(b) What is the frequency of the second harmonic? 

(c) How many pressure nodes of the second harmonic are found inside the pipe? Do not count nodes that may be at the ends of the pipe.

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