If the initial tension on a stretched string is doubled, then the ratio of the initial and final speeds of a transverse wave along the string is: 
1. \(1:2\)
2. \(1:1\)
3. \(\sqrt{2}:1\)
4. \(1:\sqrt{2}\)
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The percentage increase in the speed of transverse waves produced in a stretched string if the tension is increased by \(4\%\), will be:
1. \(1\%\)
2. \(2\%\)
3. \(3\%\)
4. \(4\%\)

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A uniform rope, of length \(L\) and mass \(m_1,\) hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass \(m_2\) is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength \(\lambda_1\) is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is \(\lambda_2.\) The ratio \(\frac{\lambda_2}{\lambda_1}\) is:
1. \(\sqrt{\frac{m_1+m_2}{m_2}}\)
2. \(\sqrt{\frac{m_2}{m_1}}\)
3. \(\sqrt{\frac{m_1+m_2}{m_1}}\)
4. \(\sqrt{\frac{m_1}{m_2}}\)

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A steel wire has a length of \(12.0~\text m\) and a mass of \(2.10~\text{kg}.\) What should be the tension in the wire so that the speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air, at \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) (which is \(343~\text{m/s}\) )?
1. \(4.3\times10^3~\text{N}\)
2. \(3.2\times10^4~\text{N}\)
3. \(2.06\times10^4~\text{N}\) 
4. \(1.2\times10^4~\text{N}\)

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The equation of a wave on a string of linear mass density \(0.04~\text{kg m}^{-1}\) is given by: 
\(y=(0.02~\text{m})\sin\left[{{2}\pi \left({\frac{t}{{0.04}~(\text{s})}-\frac{x}{{0.50}~(\text{m})}}\right)}\right].\) The tension in the string will be:
1. \(4.0~\text{N}\) 2. \(12.5~\text{N}\)
3. \(0.5~\text{N}\) 4. \(6.25~\text{N}\)
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A uniform rope of mass \(0.1~\text{kg}\) and length \(2.45~\text m\) hangs from the ceiling. The time taken by the transverse wave produced at the bottom of the string to reach the top of the rope is: 
(take \(g=9.8~\text{m/s}^2\) )
1. \(1~\text s\) 
2. \(1.4~\text s\) 
3. \(2~\text s\) 
4. \(1.9~\text s\) 
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A rope of uniform mass per unit length \(\mu\) is suspended from the ceiling, hanging under its own weight. If a small transverse pulse is formed at its lower end \(A\), it travels upward with a local speed \(v=\sqrt {\dfrac{\text{tension}}{\text{mass/length}}}\).
                         
The speed of the pulse is:
1. maximum at \(A,\) minimum at \(O\)
2. minimum at \(A,\) maximum at \(O\)
3. uniform
4. minimum at \(A\) and \(O,\) maximum in the middle
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