Hmm... I can't see the tension in a rope at point y being other than Ty = mBoxg + μyg because the the mass at a point y in the rope would be the mass linear density times y...
Homework Statement
"...you were presented with a geologist at the bottom of a mineshaft next to a box suspended from a vertical rope. The geologist sent signals to his colleague at the top by initiating a wave pulse at the bottom of the rope that would travel to the top of the rope. The mass of...