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Two sitar strings, A and B, playing the note 'Dha' are slightly out of tune and produce beats and 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

A
430 Hz
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428 Hz
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422 Hz
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D
420 Hz
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Solution

The correct option is D 420 Hz
the difference in frequency is known as the number of beats.

Here,frequency of A fA = 425 Hz
We know,
Frequency of B fB =fA ± beatfrequency
= 425 ± 5
= 420Hz or 430Hz
Frequncy decreases

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