Two adjacent piano keys are struck simultaneously. The notes emitted by them have frequencies ${n_1}$ and ${n_2}$. The number of beats heard per second is
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The number of beats heard is given by difference in frequencies of the notes

$\therefore B=n_1-n_2$

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