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A heavy rope with length L and mass M is attached to the ceiling and is...

A heavy rope with length L and mass M is attached to the ceiling and is allowed to hang freely. (a) Find an expression for the tension in the rope at a point a distance y from the bottom, and use this to show that the speed of transverse waves on the rope is independent of its mass and length but does depend on the distance y according to the equation ?=\sqrt{}??. (b) If L = 3.0 m and the bottom end of the rope is given a sudden sideways displacement, how long will it take the resulting wave pulse to go to the ceiling, reflect, and return to the bottom of the rope? (Hint: you will have to take an integral - a nice application of calculus!)

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