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When a tuning fork of frequency 341 Hz is sounded with another tuning fork, six beats per second are heard. When the second tuning fork is loaded with wax and sounded with the first fork, the number of beats is two per second. The natural frequency of the second tuning fork is

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335 Hz
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338 Hz
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344 Hz
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D
347 Hz
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Solution

The correct option is D 347 Hz
x=6 bps, which decreases (i.e, x) after second fork is loaded with wax.

Hence,
|nBnA|=|x|
nb=nA+x=341+6=347Hz.

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