Increasing the speed
You create a pulse on a stretched spring by moving, with your hand, one part of the spring up and down once. The leading edge of the pulse travels a distance L in a time T. If you wanted to decrease T what could you do?
- Move your hand further in the same time interval
- Move your hand up and down the same distance in less time
- Increase the tension in the spring
- Use a spring with a smaller mass per unit length, but having the same tension
- All of the above
- 1 or 2
- 3 or 4
- 2, 3, or 4
- Some other combination