A circus performer stretches a tightrope between two towers. He strikes one end of the rope and sends a wave along it toward the other tower. He notes that it takes 0.8 s for the wave to travel the 20 m to the opposite tower. If one meter of the rope has a mass of 0.35 kg, find the tension in the tightrope.

What will be an ideal response?


219 N

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