A transverse pulse generated at the bottom of a uniform rope of length $L$, travels in upward direction. The time taken by it to travel the full length of rope will be
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Velocity of wave at a distance $x$ from lower end is

$v_x=\sqrt{2 g x}$

Time $d t=\frac{d x}{\sqrt{2 g x}}$

Integrating for 0 to $L$ we get

$\sqrt{\frac{4 l}{g}}$

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