A wire stretched between two fixed supports, is plucked exactly in the middle and then released. It executes (neglect the resistance of the medium):

(a) resonant vibrations 

(b) free vibrations

(c) damped vibrations 

(d) forced vibrations

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It executes free vibrations.

Hint: The periodic vibrations of a body of constant amplitude in the absence of any external force on it are called free vibrations.

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