What is the correct frequency for a 20 cm pipe with open and closed ends?

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Homework Statement


What is the base frequency of a 20 cm pipe which is open on both ends.
Again but closed on one end.

Homework Equations


u=velocity, [itex]\lambda[/itex]=wave length: [itex]\lambda=\frac{u}{f}[/itex]
Velocity in air=348[m/sec]

The Attempt at a Solution


I understand these are standing waves in air.
In an open end there is a peak, so the first wavelength is [itex]\lambda=2\cdot 20=40[cm][/itex]
##0.4=\frac{348}{f_1}\rightarrow f_1=870[Hz]##
The answer should be 1140[Hz]
In the closed on one end condition, in the open end there is a peak and in the closed end a node, so the wavelength is [itex]\lambda=4\cdot 20=80[cm][/itex]
##0.8=\frac{348}{f_1}\rightarrow f_1=435[Hz]##
The answer should be 570[Hz]
Both answers differ from the right ones by the same factor
 
Puzzling.
 

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