Question: A steel cable has a cross-sectional area 2.83 10-3 m2 and is kept under a tension of 1.00 104 N. The density of

A steel cable has a cross-sectional area 2.83 × 10-3 m2 and is kept under a tension of 1.00 × 104 N. The density of steel is 7860 kg/m3. Note that this value is not the linear density of the cable. At what speed does a transverse wave move along the cable?

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