Tension and fundamental frequency

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Homework Statement



A particular violin string plays at a fundamental frequency of 294Hz. If the tension is increased 15%, what will be the new fundamental frequency?

Homework Equations



f=v/2L
v=sqrt(T/(m/L))

The Attempt at a Solution



294 = sqrt(T/(m/L))/2L so T=(294*2L)^2/(m/L)

T2 = T1*1.15

T2 = 1.15 * (((588L)^2)/(m/L))

I could go on and plug this into f2 = sqrt(T2/(m/L)) but it's a lot of typing and it didn't get me anywhere.

I'm not sure if I'm maybe making this problem more difficult than it has to be but I'm at a loss as to what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.



***second attempt at this problem

u=m/L

v = sqrt(1.15T/u)

sqrt(T/u)=v/sqrt(1.15)

f= v/(sqrt(1.15)*2L)

294*sqrt(1.15) = 315.28Hz

No idea if this is right, but it's all I could come up with.
 
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