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A drainage pipe running under a highway is 20 meters long. One end of the pipe is open and the other is clogged by debris. The wind blowing across the open end causes oscillations in the pipe.
a) If the speed of sound on that particular day is 340 meters per second, what will be the fundamental frequency of oscillation in the pipe?
b) What will be the frequency of the highest harmonic audible to
the human ear. (Assume that human ears can hear frequencies up to
20,000 Hz)?
c) What will happen to the frequency in the late afternoon as the
air begins to cool?