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A piano tuner detects 3 beats per second when she is tuning a string to a...

A piano tuner detects 3 beats per second when she is tuning a string to a tuning fork of frequency 440 Hz. When she tightens the string, which increases the frequency of the string, the frequency of the beats initially goes down, and as she keeps increasing the frequency of the string, the frequency of the beats starts to increase. What was the original frequency of the string?

a. either 437 Hz or 443 Hz (One cannot tell without more information.)

b. 443 Hz

c. 440 Hz

d. 437 Hz

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