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A steel wire has a length of 12.0 m and a mass of 2.10 kg. What should be the tension in the wire so that speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air at 20°C = 343 ms-1.

Answer»

Mass, M = 2.10 kg

Length, l = 12;

v = 343 ms-1

∴ Mass per unit length, m = M/ρ = 2.10/12

= 0.175 kg m-1

∴ using √{T/m} = u ⇒ T = mv2

or, T = 0.175 x (343)2

= 2.06 x 104 N



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