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The A string of a violin is a little too tightly stretched. Beats at 4.50 per second are heard when the string is sounded together with a tuning fork that is oscillating accurately at concert A (440 Hz). What is the period of the violin string oscillation?

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`2.25 xx 10^(-3) s `
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