The Greek mathematician Pythagoras discovered that
A. strings plucked simultaneously produced harmony.
B. plucking two strings, one twice as long as the other, produced tones an octave apart.
C. strings could be used to create an instrument that he called the lyre.
D. the music of stringed instruments could calm wild animals.
Answer: B
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