Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
A steel wire has a length of 12.0m and a...

A steel wire has a length of 12.0m and a mass of 2.10kg. What should be the tension in the wire so that speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air at `20^(@)C= 343ms^(-1)`

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

`2.06 xx 10^(4)N`
Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A steel has a length of 12.0m and a mass of 2.10kg . What should be the tension in the wire so that speedof a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry airat 20^(@)C equals 343ms^(-1) ?

A metallic wire of 1 m length has a mass of 10xx10^(-3) kg. If a tension of 100 N is applied to a wire, what is the speed of transverse wave ?

A person has a hearing range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. What are the typical wavelengths of sound waves in air corresponding to these two frequencies ? Take the speed of sound in air as 344 m " s "^(-1) .