A bass guitar string is 89 cm long with a

Osvaldo Apodaca

Osvaldo Apodaca

Answered question

2022-01-05

A bass guitar string is 89 cm long with a fundamental frequency of 30 Hz. What is the wave speed on this string?

Answer & Explanation

Bernard Lacey

Bernard Lacey

Beginner2022-01-06Added 30 answers

Fundamental frequency relation for standing waves is
f1=v2L
v denotes the wave speed and L denotes the string length
Substitute the values f1=30Hz and L=53.4ms into the relation for the fundamental frequency:
v=53.4ms

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