A heavy rope is suspended from a rigid support. A transverse wave pulse is set up at the lower end, then

  • A

    the pulse will travel with uniform speed

  • B

    the pulse will travel with increasing speed

  • C

    the pulse will travel with decreasing speed

  • D

    the pulse cannot travel through the rope

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