Two piano strings have the same tension, are made from the same material, and have the the same length, but string B is thicker (larger diameter). The pitch from string B will be
BLUE: lower than
YELLOW: higher than
PINK: the same as
PURPLE: (not enough information)
that from string A
(How about the loudness of string B?)
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