Induction slip rotor frequency: PE Power Rotating Machines practice question

A 75 hp, 460 V, 60 Hz, 6-pole squirrel-cage induction motor drives a cooling-water pump. A strobe tachometer reads the shaft speed as 1,170 rpm at the pump's operating point.

The frequency of the currents induced in the rotor bars is most nearly:

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