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(a) A string of length L is stretched between two rigid supports. It is plucked at the centre. What type of wave is formed in it? What is its frequency?
(b) Obtain expressions for the frequency of higher harmonics of vibrations of a stretched string,
(c) State the laws of vibrating string-

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