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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 
. Find the speed (in 
) (with respect to the string) with which a wave pulse can proceed on the string if the elevator accelerate up at the rate of 
. (Take 
)
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50
(50)
As elevator accelerates up at 
, tension in the string is 
.
Linear mass density of string is µ
Speed of transverse waves on string is
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