A steel wire with mass per unit length $7.0 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-1}$ is under tension of $70 \mathrm{~N}$. The speed of transverse waves in the wire will be:
Solution
Speed of transverse wave $=\sqrt{\frac{T}{\mu}}$ $=\sqrt{\frac{70}{7 \times 10^{-3}}}=100 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
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Subject: Physics · Chapter: Waves · Topic: Wave Motion and Types
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