Two Tuning Forks A and B produce 10 Beats Per Second When Sounded Together. On Slightly Loading Fork A with A Little Wax, It Was Observed That 15 Beats Are Heard Per Second. If The Frequency Of Fork B is 480 Hz, What Is The Frequency Of Fork A before It Was Loaded?

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Question

Two tuning forks A and B produce 10 beats per second when sounded together. On slightly loading fork A with a little wax, it was observed that 15 beats are heard per second. If the frequency of fork B is 480 Hz, what is the frequency of fork A before it was loaded?

Solution

Correct option is

470 Hz

 

Let V1 be the frequency of A and V2 that of fork B. There are two possibilities (a) V1 > V2 and (b) V1 < V2.   

On loading fork A its frequency decreases. In order words, V1 decreases. 

 should also decrease. But Vb increase to 15 beats/s. Hence V1 is not greater than V2.   

  

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