Two children stretch a jump rope between them and send wave pulses back and forth on it. The rope is 4.9 m long, its mass is 0.36 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 41 N. What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)? What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in 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 4.9 m long, its mass is 0.36 kg, and the force exerted on it by the children is 41 N.
What is the linear mass density of the rope (in kg/m)?
What is the speed of the waves on the rope (in m/s)?
 
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