A Guitar String Has a Linear Density of 8

question 23

Multiple Choice

A guitar string has a linear density of 8.30 × 10^-4 kg/m and a length of 0.660 m. The tension in the string is 56.7 N. When the fundamental frequency of the string is sounded with a 196.0-Hz tuning fork, what beat frequency is heard?

• A)6 Hz
• B)4 Hz
• C)12 Hz
• D)8 Hz
• E)2 Hz

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