In the previous section we found that the speed of a transverse wave in a rope is related to the ratio of the tension in the rope to the linear mass density of the rope: \[\begin{aligned} v&= \sqrt{\f...In the previous section we found that the speed of a transverse wave in a rope is related to the ratio of the tension in the rope to the linear mass density of the rope: v=√FTμ The speed of a wave in any medium is usually given by a ratio, where the numerator is a measure of how easy it is to deform the medium, and the denominator is measure of the inertia of the medium.
