Question

A flutist assembles her flute in a room where the speed of

sound is 342 m/s. When she plays the note A, it is in perfect tune

with a 440 Hz tuning fork. After a few minutes, the air inside her

flute has warmed to where the speed of sound is 346 m/s.

a. How many beats per second will she hear if she now plays the

note A as the tuning fork is sounded?

Short answer

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A flautist assembles her flute in a room where the speed of

sound is 342 m/s.

Step-by-step solution

Description of the speed of sound 

The speed of sound describes the area it travels per second

Description on the speed of sound

Provided solution$$\begin{gathered} (340m/s)=(440hz)\times x \\ x=\frac{340m/s}{440hz}=0.7727m \\ Hx=bps=440bps \\ 351m/sf*(0.7772m) \\ f=\frac{351m/s=\left(440Hz\right)*x}{} \\ x=\frac{351m/s}{440Hz}=0.09777m \\ 0.7977m-0.7727m=0.0250m \end{gathered}$$