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A tuning fork of frequency
resonates in the fundamental mode with an air column of length
in a cylindrical tube closed at one end. When water is slowly poured in it, the minimum height of water required for observing resonance once again is cm. (Velocity of sound in air is
)
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(50) Assumption: Ignore word "fundamental mode" in question.

First resonating length 
Second resonating length 
Third resonating length 
Height of water required 
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