Question 222: Waves

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A tuning fork of known frequency $$256$$ $$Hz$$ makes $$5$$ beats per second with the vibrating string of a piano. The beat frequency decreases to $$2$$ beats per second when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased. The frequency of the piano string before increasing the tension was

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A tuning fork of frequency $$256$$ $$Hz$$ makes $$5$$ beats/ second with the vibrating string of a piano. Therefore the frequency of the vibrating string of piano is $$\left( {256 \pm 5} \right)$$ $$Hz$$ ie either $$261$$$$Hz$$ or $$251$$ $$Hz.$$ When the tension in the piano string increases, its frequency will increases. Now since the beat frequency  decreases, we can conclude that the frequency of piano string is $$251$$ $$Hz$$

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$$256 + 2Hz$$

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$$256 - 2Hz$$

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$$256 - 5Hz$$

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$$256 + 5Hz$$

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A tuning fork of known frequency $256 Hz makes 5 beats per second with the vibrating string of a piano. The beat frequency decreases to 2$ beats per second when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased. The frequency of the piano string before increasing the tension was

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