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Explanations 2

What are beats? Why are they important? Let's see. (By the way, it remind me of MJ's song "Beat it"!) Let me ask a question first. So here goes the basic idea: "Beats is the per…
By Muhammad Hamza Waseem
Let us now consider a more mathematical treatment of beats. Consider two sound waves having equal amplitude and travelling in a medium in same direction but having slightly diff…
By Ritvik Choudhary

Problems 1

A violinist is adjusting his violin. He first hits the tuning fork that has the sound wave of 220 Hz. He then strikes a string to make a sound of 240 Hz. What would the frequenc…