Question

The force stretching the D string on a certain guitar is 125 N. The strings linear mass density is 0.004 Kg/m. What is the speed of waves on the string?

Answer 1

`v=\sqrt[]{(T)/(u)}`

where:

v= speed

T = tension = 125 N

u = linear mass density = 0.004 kg/m

Replacing:

`v=\sqrt[]{(125)/(0.004)}=176.78\text{ m/s}`