Question: Consider the falling tuning fork in Problem 68 with frequency 440 Hz. (a) You hear it splash into the water at the bottom of the

Consider the falling tuning fork in Problem 68 with frequency 440 Hz. 

(a) You hear it splash into the water at the bottom of the well after 1.8 s. How deep is the well? 

(b) What frequency is heard just before the splash? Assume the tuning fork undergoes free fall with negligible air drag.

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