PRY 230 - Exam 4, Dec.

6, 2010 (Time: 50 mins)

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Answer all the questions and show all your work to get any credit. Make sure to have proper units and
proper number of significant figures to your numerical answers.

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proper number of significant figures to your numerical answers.

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one piano, the string for the middle-A key is under a tension of 3000 N and has a mass of 0.006000 kg and a
length of 0.6300 m. By what fraction does the tuner have to change the tension on this string in order to
obtain the proper frequency of 440.0 Hz?

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