JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 16 April 2018)

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    Two sitar strings, A and B, playing the note 'Dha' are slightly out of tune and produce beats and frequency \[5\,Hz.\] The tension of the string B is slightly increased and the beat frequency is found to decrease by\[3\,Hz.\]If the frequency of is , the original frequency of A is 425 Hz, the original frequency of B is [JEE Main 16-4-2018]

    A)  430 Hz                       

    B)  428 Hz

    C)  422 Hz                       

    D)  420 Hz

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     the difference in frequency is known as the number of beats. Here, frequency of \[A\,{{f}_{A}}=324\,Hz\] We know, Frequency of \[B\,{{f}_{B}}={{f}_{A}}\,\pm \]beat frequency \[=425\pm 5\] \[=420Hz\text{ }or\text{ }430Hz\] Now, if tension in string slightly reduced then its frequency also reduce from\[{{f}_{B}}\] Now, if tension in the string is slightly reduced its frequency will also reduce from 324 Hz. Now, if \[{{f}_{B}}=420\]reduces, then beat frequency should increase which is not the case but if \[{{f}_{B}}=430\,Hz\]then beat frequency should decrease, which is the case hence =430 Hz. \[{{f}_{B}}=430\,Hz.\] Let the frequency of string \[B=\] \[{{f}_{B}}\]and frequency of string Initially beat frequency =\[=5Hz\] Now the tension in string B is increased so frequency b will decrease as frequency is inversely proportional to tension. \[{{f}_{A}}=425\,HZ\] \[{{f}_{B}}\]can be either 430HZ or 420HZ But when tension is increased frequency\[{{f}_{B}}\] will decrease and it is given that it produces beat frequency\[=3HZ\] Which is only possible when\[fB=230Hz\] \[{{F}_{B}}=430HZ\]


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