A Guitar String with a Tension of 150 N Is

question 76

Multiple Choice

A guitar string with a tension of 150 N is played together with a tuning fork whose frequency is 256 Hz, and beats of 2 Hz are heard. Assuming the guitar string is higher in frequency than the tuning fork, to what new tension should the guitar string be adjusted for the string and tuning fork to have the same frequency?

• A) 148 N
• B) 149 N
• C) 151 N
• D) 152 N
• E) The length of the string must be given in order to solve this problem.

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