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1)     To tune a cello string to 220 Hz, you compare its frequency with a 220-Hz tuning fork

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1)     To tune a cello string to 220 Hz, you compare its frequency

with a 220-Hz tuning fork.  Initially, you hear a beat frequency of 6 Hz.  Then you slowly tighten the guitar string, which increases its frequency.  As a result, the beat frequency decreases steadily to 2 Hz.  What are the initial and final frequencies of the guitar string?

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