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Exit ticket: tallest pipe

The tallest pipe organ in the world is located in Atlantic City, of all places. It has a height
reaching about 19.5 meters.

1. If the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, what is the fundamental frequency produced by
this pipe?
F = 343/195(4)
F = 4.3Hz

2. Which harmonic would be the first to produce a sound audible to human ears (>20 Hz)?
3rd Harmonic.

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