The velocity of transverse waves on a string

[Nikles]

1. A violin string is 35 cm long between its fixed ends and has a mass of 2.0g. The string sounds the note A₄ (440 Hz) when played.

Homework Equations

v=\sqrt{}F/ρ

The Attempt at a Solution

I calculated ρ, mass per unit length, to be .0057 kg/m but do not know how to find the force that I need to plug into the equation.

 

[PhysicsandSuch]

Another formula (related to the one you mentioned, but derived from the wavelength) gives the wave velocity directly in terms of the freqency and string length. Try this one?

$$ f = \frac{v}{2 L} $$