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A person has a tuning fork that sounds with a frequency of 250Hz. The person strikes the fork and plays a white key that sounds with a frequency of 220Hz. Calculate the beat frequency that the piano person hears?

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0Hz
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0.8Hz
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1.25Hz
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30Hz
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450Hz
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Solution

The correct option is D 30Hz
Given : ν1=250 Hz ν2=220 Hz
Beat frequency b=|ν1ν2|=250220=30 Hz

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