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In a guitar, two strings AA and BB made of same material are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency 6 Hz6 \text{ Hz}. When tension in BB is slightly decreased, the beat frequency increases to 7 Hz7 \text{ Hz}. If the frequency of AA is 530 Hz530 \text{ Hz}, the original frequency of BB will be:

A

524 Hz524 \text{ Hz}

B

536 Hz536 \text{ Hz}

C

537 Hz537 \text{ Hz}

D

523 Hz523 \text{ Hz}

Step-by-Step Solution

Given, the frequency of string AA is fA=530 Hzf_A = 530 \text{ Hz}. The beat frequency produced by strings AA and BB is 6 Hz6 \text{ Hz}. Therefore, the original frequency of string BB can be either: fB=fA+6=536 Hzf_B = f_A + 6 = 536 \text{ Hz} or fB=fA6=524 Hzf_B = f_A - 6 = 524 \text{ Hz}

The frequency of a stretched string is directly proportional to the square root of its tension (fTf \propto \sqrt{T}). When the tension in string BB is decreased, its frequency fBf_B decreases.

Now, let's analyze both cases with the new decreased frequency fBf_B': Case 1: If fBf_B was 536 Hz536 \text{ Hz}, a decrease in tension would lower the frequency (e.g., to 535 Hz535 \text{ Hz}). The new beat frequency would be 530535=5 Hz|530 - 535| = 5 \text{ Hz}. Here, the beat frequency decreases, which contradicts the given information. Case 2: If fBf_B was 524 Hz524 \text{ Hz}, a decrease in tension would lower the frequency (e.g., to 523 Hz523 \text{ Hz}). The new beat frequency would be 530523=7 Hz|530 - 523| = 7 \text{ Hz}. Here, the beat frequency increases to 7 Hz7 \text{ Hz}, which exactly matches the given condition.

Therefore, the original frequency of string BB must be 524 Hz524 \text{ Hz}.

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