By tightening a string you are actually putting more stress on the string you are giving it a new frequency that isn't natural.
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Well, if your question is how light affects plants,
then you would want to design an experiment that plays aruond with the amount of light a plant gets
thus the thing changing (or variable) would be amount of light
Complete question:
Two 10-cm-diameter charged rings face each other, 21.0 cm apart. Both rings are charged to +40.0 nC. What is the electric field strength at the midpoint between the two rings ?
Answer:
The electric field strength at the mid-point between the two rings is zero.
Explanation:
Given;
diameter of each ring, d = 10 cm = 0.1 m
distance between the rings, r = 21.0 cm = 0.21 m
charge of each ring, q = 40 nC = 40 x 10⁻⁹ C
let the midpoint between the two rings = x
The electric field strength at the midpoint between the two rings is given as;

Therefore, the electric field strength at the mid-point between the two rings is zero.
A) the periodic time is given by the equation;
T= 2π√(L/g)
For the frequency will be obtained by 1/T (Hz)
T = 2 × 3.14 √ (0.66/9.81)
= 6.28 × √0.0673
= 1.6289 Seconds
Frequency = 1/T = f = 1/1.6289
thus; frequency = 0.614 Hz
b) The vertical distance, the height is given by
h= 0.66 cos 12
h = 0.65 m
Vertical fall at the lowest point = 0.66 - 0.65 = 0.01 m
Applying conservation of energy
energy lost (MgΔh) = KE gained (1/2mv²)
mgh = 1/2mv²
v² = 2gΔh = 2×9.81 × 0.01
= 0.1962
v = 0.443 m/s
c) total energy = KE + GPE = KE when GPE is equal to zero (at the lowest point possible)
Thus total energy is equal to;
E = 1/2mv²
= 1/2 × 0.310 × 0.443²
= 0.0304 J
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Gravity from the sun pulls the planets torward it while inertia pulls it outward....but I guess that would be why it orbits sorry if this doesn't help but uh