An elastic rope is tied securely to a wall. An upward-displaced pulse is introduced in the rope. The pulse travels through the rope, reaches the boundary with the wall and reflects. The reflected pulse will be ...

Inverted (displaced downwards)

Explanation:

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A reflected pulse is inverted if an upward displaced pulse is incident towards a fixed end boundary, it will reflect and return as a downward displaced pulse. In this case, the pulse is said to have inverted. That is, a pulse with an upward displacement will reflect off the end and return with a downward displacement.