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One end of a long string of linear mass density is connected to an electrically driven tuning fork of frequency . The other end passes over a pulley and is tied to a pan containing a mass of . The pulley end absorbs all the incoming energy so that reflected waves at this end have negligible amplitude. At , the left end (fork end) of the string has zero transverse displacement and is moving along positive -direction. The amplitude of the wave is . Write down the transverse displacement y as a function of and that describes the wave on the string.

Linear mass density of the string is given as

Frequency of the tuning fork is given as

Mass on the pan is given as

Tension on the string will be,

Amplitude is given as

For a transverse wave, the velocity can be calculated as,

Angular frequency,

Wavelength will be

Propagation constant will be

The general equation of the wave is

On Substituting all the values we get

and are in metre and is in seconds.