Homework Help: physics

Posted by clf on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 1:37pm.

Suppose a piano tuner hears 2 beats per second when listening to the combined sound from her tuning fork and the piano note being tuned. After slightly tightening the string, she hears 1 beat per second. Should she loosen or continue to further tighten the string? Why?

physics - Henry, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 7:29pm
She should continue to tighten the string, because tightening the string but her closer to the correct frequency.

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