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In a guitar, two strings and made of same material are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency . When tension in is slightly decreased, the beat frequency increases to . If the frequency of is , the original frequency of will be:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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. So , which means or .Frequency . If tension decreases, decreases.If and it decreases, beat frequency would decrease (e.g., ).If and it decreases, beat frequency would increase (e.g., ).Since the beat frequency increases, the original must be .

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In a guitar, two strings and made of same material are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency . When tension in is slightly decreased, the beat frequency increases to . If the frequency of is , the original frequency of will be:
A
B
C
D

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