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If the tension in a rope is increased what will happen to the speed of a wave traveling through the rope

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The speed will increase. 
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Answer:

Increases

Step-by-step explanation:

The speed of wave in a stretched string is directly proportional to the square root of tension in the string and inversely proportional to the square root of mass per unit length.

So, as the tension increases, the velocity also increases.

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