Answer:
Part a)

Part b)

Part c)
distance L is independent of the mass of the sphere
Explanation:
Part a)
As we know that rotational kinetic energy of the sphere is given as

so we will have

so we will have




Part b)
By mechanical energy conservation law we know that
Work done against gravity = initial kinetic energy of the sphere
So we will have



Part c)
by equation of energy conservation we know that

so here we can see that distance L is independent of the mass of the sphere
The wavelength of the note is

. Since the speed of the wave is the speed of sound,

, the frequency of the note is

Then, we know that the frequency of a vibrating string is related to the tension T of the string and its length L by

where

is the linear mass density of our string.
Using the value of the tension, T=160 N, and the frequency we just found, we can calculate the length of the string, L: