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An ant with mass m is standing peacefully on top of a horizontal, stretched rope. The rope has mass per unit length μ and is under tension F. Without warning, a student starts a sinusoidal transverse wave of wavelength λ propagating along the rope. The motion of the rope is in a vertical plane. What minimum wave amplitude (in mm) will make the ant feel weightless momentarily? Assume that m is so small that the presence of the ant has no effect on the propagation of the wave.
[Given: λ=0.5 m, μ=0.1 kg/m, F=3.125 N, take g=π2

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Important Questions on Travelling Waves

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A 4.0 kg block is suspended from the ceiling of an elevator through a string having a linear mass density of 19.2×10-3 kg/m. Find the speed (in ×10 m/sec (with
respect to the string in m/s) with which a wave pulse can proceed on the string if the elevator accelerate up at the rate of 2.0 m/s2.
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The transverse displacement yx,t of a wave on a string is given by yx,t=e-ax2+bt2+2abxt. This represents a:

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A uniform string of length 20 m is suspended from a rigid support. A short wave pulse is introduced at its lowest end. It starts moving up the string. The time taken to reach the support is (Take, g=10 m s-2)
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A block M hangs vertically at the bottom end of a uniform rope of constant mass per unit length. The top end of the rope is attached to a fixed rigid support at O. A transverse wave pulse (Pulse 1) of wavelength λ0 is produced at point O on the rope. The pulse takes time TOA to reach point A. If the wave pulse of wavelength λ0 is produced at point A (Pulse 2) without disturbing the position of M it takes time TAO to reach point O. Which of the following options is/are correct.

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