Beat frequency changes when the tension in one string changes: deciding which frequency was higher
This type of question, asked 3 times: 21 Apr 2025 S2, 23 Apr 2025 S1, 11 Apr 2026 S1. All 3 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
21 Apr 2025 S2
31Two strings ' X ' and ' Y ' of a guitar produces a beat frequency of 6 Hz . When the tension of the string ' Y ' is increased, the beat frequency is found to be 4 Hz . If the frequency of string ' X ' is 300 Hz , then the original frequency of string ' Y ' isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
23 Apr 2025 S1
11Two identical straight wires are stretched so as to produce 6 beats per second when vibrating simultaneously with tensions ' ' and ' ' respectively. On changing the tension slightly in one of them, the beat frequency remains unchanged. This will happen when (Given )Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
11 Apr 2026 S1
121A tuning fork of frequency produces beats per second when sounded with a vibrating sonometer string. What must have been the frequency of the string, when a slight increase in tension produces lesser beats per second than before?Tap an option to check your answer.