Question: A Slinky ( spring ) having an unstretched length close to zero behaves like a string as far as the speed of transverse waves propagating

A Slinky (spring) having an unstretched length close to zero behaves like a string as far as the speed of transverse waves propagating along it.(i.e.v2=FmL). A Slinky of mass m=0.05kg is stretched to a length of L1=6m. When a wave pulse is shaken into it, the pulse takes t1=0.8s to travel to the other end.
The Slinky is now stretched to a new length of L2=10.2m. How long does it take a wave pulse to travel the new 10.2 m length of the Slinky?
A Slinky ( spring ) having an unstretched length

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