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Two sitar strings, A and B, playing the note ‘Dha’ are slightly out of tune and produce
beats of frequency 5 Hz. The tension of the string B is slightly increased and the
beat frequency is found to decrease by 3 Hz. If the frequency of A is 425 Hz, the
original frequency of B is :

  • Option 1)

    430 Hz

  • Option 2)

    420 Hz

  • Option 3)

    428 Hz

  • Option 4)

    422 Hz

 

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Frequency of B is either  420Hz or 430Hz . As tension in B is increased its frequency will decrease . If frequency is 430Hz be at frequency  will increase 

If frequency is 420Hz , beat frequency will decrease , hence correct answer is 420Hz  


Option 1)

430 Hz

This is incorrect

Option 2)

420 Hz

This is correct

Option 3)

428 Hz

This is incorrect

Option 4)

422 Hz

This is incorrect

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