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A student holds a tuning fork oscillating at 256 Hz. He walks toward a wall at a constant speed of 1.09 m/s.(Solve this without calculus)
(a) What beat frequency does he observe between the tuning fork and its echo?
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(b) How fast must he walk away from the wall to observe a beat frequency of 4.90 Hz?
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(b) How fast must he walk away from the wall to observe a beat frequency of 4.90 Hz?
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