A Guitar String Is Played Together with a Tuning Fork

question 59

Multiple Choice

A guitar string is played together with a tuning fork whose frequency is 256 Hz,and beats of 2 Hz are heard.In such a case,if initially the tension in the string is 150 N,what must the new tension be,assuming the guitar string is initially higher in frequency than the tuning fork?

• 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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