Two children stretch a jump rope between them and send wave pulses back and forth on it. The rope is 3.9 m long, its mass is 0.36 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 43 N.   (a) What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)? ___________________ kg/m   (b)What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in m/s)?  ___________________m/s

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Two children stretch a jump rope between them and send wave pulses back and forth on it. The rope is 3.9 m long, its mass is 0.36 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 43 N.
 
(a) What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)?
___________________ kg/m
 
(b)What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in m/s)?
 ___________________m/s
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