A tuning fork gives $4$ beats with $50\, cm$ length of a sonometer wire if the length of  the wire is shortened by $1\, cm$. the no. of beats still the same. The frequency of the  fork is -............. $\mathrm{Hz}$
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$n \propto \frac{1}{l}$

$\frac{n-4}{n+4}=\frac{49}{50}$

$\mathrm{n}=396 \mathrm{\,Hz}$

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