A sonometer wire resonates with a given tuning fork forming standing waves with five antinodes between the two bridges when a mass of $9\,kg$ is suspended from the wire. When this mass is replaced by a mass $M,$ the wire resonates with the same tuning fork forming three antinodes for the same positions of the bridges. The value of $M$ is .... $kg$
  • A$25$
  • B$5$
  • C$12.5$
  • D$1/25$
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