A stretched string is 1.97 m long and has a mass of 20.5 g. When the string oscillates at 440 Hz, which is the frequency of the standard A pitch, transverse waves with a wavelength of 15.9 cm travel along the string. Calculate the tension T in the string. T = 100.335

A stretched string is 1.97 m long and has a mass of 20.5 g. When the string oscillates at 440 Hz, which is the frequency of the standard A pitch, transverse waves with a wavelength of 15.9 cm travel along the string. Calculate the tension T in the string. T = 100.335

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A stretched string is 1.97 m long and has a mass of 20.5 g. When the string oscillates at 440 Hz, which is the frequency of the
standard A pitch, transverse waves with a wavelength of 15.9 cm travel along the string. Calculate the tension T in the string.
T =
100.335
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