College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)

3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780321879721

Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 16, Problem 43P

Musicians can use beats to tune their instruments. One flute is properly tuned and plays the musical note A at exactly 440 Hz. A second player sounds the same note and hears that her instrument is slightly “flat” (that is, at too low a frequency). Playing at the same time as the first flute, she hears two loud-soft-loud beats per second. What is the frequency of her instrument?

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College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)

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