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A uniform rope having some mass hinges vertically from a rigied support. A transverse wave pulse is produced at the lower end. The speed (v) of the wave pulse varies with height (h) from the lower end as :-

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`v=sqrt((T)/(mu))=sqrt((muxg)/(mu))=sqrt(gx)rArr v^(2)=gx`.
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