A tuning fork arrangement (pair) produces 4 beats/s with one fork of frequency 288 cps. A little wax is placed on the unknown fork and it then produces 2 beats/s. The frequency of the unknown fork is:
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The tuning fork of frequency 288 Hz is producing 4 beats/s with the unknown tuning fork i. e., the frequency difference between them is 4. Therefore, the frequency of unknown tuning fork 
or 284
On placing a little wax on unknown tuning fork, its frequency decreases but now the number of beats produced per second is 2 i.e., the frequency difference now decreases. It is possible only when before placing the wax, the frequency of unknown fork is greater than the frequency of given tuning fork. Hence, the frequency of unknown tuning fork 
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