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JEE Main 2002Waves and Sound Question with Solution

JEE Main 2002

Question

A tuning fork arrangement (pair) produces 4 beats / sec with one fork of frequency . A little wax is placed on the unknown fork and it then produces 2 beats /sec. The frequency of the unknown fork is

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B292 cps

Step-by-step explanation

The fact that placing wax decreases the frequency of the unknown fork and also the beat frequency states that the unknown fork is of higher frequency.

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