How Fast Does a Pulse Travel Along a Steel Wire?

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The figure shows two masses hanging from a steel wire. The mass of the wire is 60.0 g. A wave pulse travels along the wire from point 1 to point 2 in 24.0 ms.
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None yet, I don't really know how to tackle this :/
 
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What does the speed of a wave traveling down a wire depend on? Look it up.
 
Ohh ok, so by using [tex]\sqrt{\frac{T_{N}}{\mu}}[/tex], I can find it :D
Thanks for your help
 

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