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MHT CET · Physics · Waves and Sound

When a sonometer wire vibrates in third overtone there are

  1. A 4 nodes and 3 antinodes.
  2. B 6 nodes and 5 antinodes.
  3. C 5 nodes and 4 antinodes.
  4. D 4 nodes and 5 antinodes.
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(C) 5 nodes and 4 antinodes.

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The sonometer wire vibrates in second overtone as shown in the figure above.
\(\therefore \quad 5\) Nodes and 4 Antinodes