Imagine that you have set up the equipment to successfully view the 2nd harmonic during the lab class, and then without changing any other settings you replaced the wire with a new wire.
This new wire has a linear mass density of 0.47g/m.
What should you predict would happen?

Question

Imagine that you have set up the equipment to successfully view the 2nd harmonic during the lab class, and then without changing any other settings you replaced the wire with a new wire.  
 This new wire has a linear mass density of 0.47g/m.   
 What should you predict would happen?

Answer

The new wire would vibrate and form a visible standing wave at the  1st harmonic  (the fundamental frequency).

Answer

The new wire might vibrate but would  not form a visible standing wave.

Answer

There is  not enough information  to make a reasonable prediction.

Answer

The new wire would vibrate and form a visible standing wave at the  3rd harmonic .

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The new wire would vibrate and form a visible standing wave at the  4th harmonic .

Answer

The new wire would vibrate and form a visible standing wave at the  2nd harmonic  (just like the previous wire).

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