Correct Answer is 1
Given that the first three resonance frequencies are in the ratio of , we can express them as follows:
Where is a constant and , and are the first, third, and fifth resonance frequencies, respectively. We are given that the frequency of the fifth harmonic is , so we can write:
Now we can solve for the constant :
We also know that the speed of sound in air is . The relationship between the speed of sound, the frequency, and the wavelength of a standing wave in a closed pipe can be expressed as follows:
Where is the wavelength of the wave. For the first harmonic in a closed pipe, the length of the pipe is equal to one-fourth of the wavelength:
We can now substitute the expression for the wavelength in terms of the length into the equation for the speed of sound:
Now, we can substitute the value of and the speed of sound into the equation:
Now we can solve for the length of the organ pipe :
The length of the organ pipe is .