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AP Physics 2
14.1 Properties of Wave Pulses and Waves
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A vertical schematic diagram showing a uniform wire hanging from a horizontal cross-hatched ceiling. The wire has total length L and mass M, depicted as a thick vertical line segment. A small rectangular block labeled with mass m is attached to the bottom end of the wire. A small transverse wave pulse is depicted near the lower section of the wire, with an arrow pointing upward along the wire labeled v. A vertical coordinate axis y is shown to the right, pointing upward with y = 0 at the bottom block and y = L at the ceiling. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A heavy wire of mass M with a block of mass m attached to its lower end.
A heavy, uniform wire of mass \(M\) and length \(L\) hangs vertically from a rigid support. A small block of mass \(m\) is attached to the bottom end of the wire. A student generates a transverse wave pulse near the bottom of the wire, which travels upward toward the support. Which of the following expressions represents the ratio \(\dfrac{v_{\text{top}}}{v_{\text{bottom}}}\) of the pulse speed at the top of the wire to the pulse speed at the bottom of the wire?

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