A tuning fork of known frequency 256 Hz makes 5 beats per second with the vibreting string of a piano.The beat frequency decreases to 2 beats per second when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased.The frequency of the piano string before increasing the tension was
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256+2Hz
256-2Hz
256-5Hz
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