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A string 50 cm long is under a tension of 20N force. Caculate the frequency of fundamental mode given that mass of the string is 1 g.

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Frequency of fundamental mode
`v=(v)/(2L)`
`=(1)/(2L)sqrt((T)/(mu))`
`=(1)/(2xx0.5)sqrt((20xx0.5)/(1xx10^(-3)))`
`=100Hz`
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