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When a stretched string a length `L` viberates in its fundamental mode, the sound produced has wavelength `=L//2` in air. The velocity of sound in air is `V`. The velocity of the transverse waves on the string is

A

`V//4`

B

`V//2`

C

`2V`

D

`4V`

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