A Wave Pulse Starts Propagating In +x-direction Along A Non-uniform Wire Of Length 10 M With Mass Per Unit Length Given m = m0 + αx and Under A Tension Of 100 N. Find The Time Taken By The Pulse To Travel From The Lighter End (x = 0) To The Heavier End. (m0 = 10–2 kg/m and α = 9 × 10–3 kg/m2)

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Question

A wave pulse starts propagating in +x-direction along a non-uniform wire of length 10 m with mass per unit length given m = m0 + αx and under a tension of 100 N. Find the time taken by the pulse to travel from the lighter end (x = 0) to the heavier end. (m0 = 10–2 kg/m and α = 9 × 10–3 kg/m2)

Solution

Correct option is

2.335 sec

 

Velocity of transverse wave in a string,

                 

Integrating within proper limits,

                

                  

  

    

             

             

             = 2.335 sec.

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