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Question
CBSEENPH11026135

There are 26 tuning forks arranged in the decreasing order of their frequencies. Each tuning fork gives 3 beats with the next. The first one is octave of the last. What is the frequency of 18th tuning fork?

  • 100 Hz

  • 99 Hz

  • 96 Hz

  • 103 Hz

Solution

B.

99 Hz

Each tuning forck gives 3 beats with the next, so the difference in the frequencies of two consecutive forks is 3.

f26 =f1 +n-1 × -3 f = 2f +26 - 1× -3f = 75 Hz Frequency of the 18 th tunning forkf18 =f1 + 18 - 1×  -3     =2  ×  75  + 17  × -3f  =150 - 51    =99 Hz