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Tuning a Guitar with Beats

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A 440.0 Hz tuning fork is sounded together with an out-of-tune guitar string, and a beat frequency of 3 Hz is heard. When the string is tightened, the frequency is heard to decrease. What was the original frequency of the guitar string?

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