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Tension is maintained in a string as in the figure below. The observed wave speed is...

Tension is maintained in a string as in the figure below. The observed wave speed is v = 23.5 m/s when the suspended mass is m = 3.00 kg.  

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What is the mass per unit length of the string?  kg/m  

What is the wave speed when the suspended mass is m = 2.15 kg?  m/s

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