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The animation shows disturbances on two identical strings (position is given in centimeters and time is given in seconds). What is the tension in the second string if the tension in the first string is 500 N? Restart.
Problem by Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni.
HTML updated for JavaScript by Aidan Edmondson.
Physlets were developed at
Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS
system developed at St. Olaf College.