A Small Town Has Decided to Forego the Use of Electrical

question 30

Multiple Choice

A small town has decided to forego the use of electrical power and send energy through town via mechanical waves on ropes. They use rope with a mass per length of 1.50 kg/m under 6000 N tension. If they are limited to a wave amplitude of 0.500 m, what must be the frequency of waves necessary to transmit power at the average rate of 2.00 kW?

• A)24.8 Hz
• B)169 Hz
• C)60.0 Hz
• D)2.07 Hz
• E)2.00 kHz

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