A sonometer wire, with a suspended mass of $M = 1\, kg$, is in resonance with a given tuning fork. The apparatus is taken to the moon where the acceleration due to gravity is $(1/6)$ that on earth. To obtain resonance on the moon, the value of $M$ should be ......... $kg$
  • A$1$
  • B$\sqrt 6$
  • C$6$
  • D$36$
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