Question

Suppose that a guitar string has a length of 1.1 m, a mass of 0.12 kg and a tension of 125 N.
What is the speed of the wave on the string?

Answer 1

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/imgwav/vibstr3.gif

Answer 2

wave speed 'v' --->

\[v = \frac{\sqrt{T}} {\sqrt{mu}}\]
where,
T=tension
mu=linear mass density (i.e. mass per unit length of the wire)

Answer 3

that means, mu=mass/length

Answer 4

Hi
you can use from this:
\[v=\sqrt{T/\lambda }\] where
lambda is mass per meter