Spiders may "tune" strands of their webs to give

Chapter 16, Problem 53

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Spiders may "tune" strands of their webs to give enhancedBIO response at frequencies corresponding to the frequencies atINT which desirable prey might struggle. Orb web silk has a typicaldiameter of 0.0020 mm, and spider si lk has a density of1300 kg/m3. To give a resonance at I 00 Hz, to what tensionmust a spider adjust a 12-cm-long strand of si lk?

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