A vibrating guitar string has exactly one antinode in the middle of the string and two nodes at the end. You have produced an oscillation of the string at its

A. second harmonic frequency.
B. fundamental frequency.
C. first harmonic frequency.
D. third harmonic frequency.


Answer: B

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