Two children stretch a jump rope between them and send wave pulses back and forth on it. The rope is 4.7 m long, its mass is 0.40 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 31 N. (a) What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)?   kg/m (b) What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in m/s)?   m/s

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Two children stretch a jump rope between them and send wave pulses back and forth on it. The rope is 4.7 m long, its mass is 0.40 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 31 N.
(a)
What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)?
  kg/m
(b)
What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in m/s)?
  m/s
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