A steel rod $100 \,cm$ long is clamped at its middle. The fundamental frequency of longitudinal vibrations of the rod are given to be $2.53\,kHz$. What is the speed of sound in steel ..... $km/sec$
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$ \lambda / 2 =100 \mathrm{\,cm} $

$\lambda =200 \mathrm{\,cm}=2 \mathrm{\,m} $

$\mathrm{v} =\mathrm{n} \lambda$

$ =2.53 \times 10^{3} \times 2=5.06 \mathrm{\,km} / \mathrm{sec} $

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