Solving Resonance: Ideas to Get Started

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I don't want the answer to this problem just an idea of how to get started. I don't understand what I am looking for. Thanks.

Homework Statement



A 143-cm-long pipe is stopped at one end. Near the open end, there is a loudspeaker that is driven by an audio oscillator whose frequency can be varied from 10.0 to 4700 Hz. (Take the speed of sound to be 343 m/s.)


Homework Equations


freq= v / λ (just guessing)


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I presume you want to find the resonant frequency of the pipe. Let's narrow it down a bit. Will it be when the length of the pipe is equal to 1/4 wavelength, 1/2 wavelength or 1 wavelength of the frequency?