The fundamental frequency of a sonometer with a weight of $4\,kg$ is $256\,Hz$ . The weight required to produce its octave is .... $kg-wt$
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The octave has double frequency. Hence, the force should be $4$ times the initial value, i.e., $16\,kg-wt$
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