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Homework Statement
A 2kg mass is suspended from a stell wire with a diameter 1mm and a length 0.75m. Caclulate the speed of the transverse wave along the wire.
Homework Equations
v = root(FL/mass)
where F - force of tension, L - length of wire, mass is mass.
The Attempt at a Solution
When I calculate this using the equation in the book I get v = 2.7m/s.
However this fails to take into account the diameter (cross sectional area of the string). Is this correct?