A harmonic wave travels in the positive x direction at 6 m/s along a taught string. A fixed point on the string oscillates as a function of time according to the equation y = 0.0085 cos(2t) where y is the displacement in meters and the time t is in seconds. Part (A) What is the amplitude of the wave, in meters? Part (B) What is the frequency of the wave, in hertz? Part (C) What is the wavelength of the wave, in meters?

A harmonic wave travels in the positive x direction at 6 m/s along a taught string. A fixed point on the string oscillates as a function of time according to the equation y = 0.0085 cos(2t) where y is the displacement in meters and the time t is in seconds. Part (A) What is the amplitude of the wave, in meters? Part (B) What is the frequency of the wave, in hertz? Part (C) What is the wavelength of the wave, in meters?

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Chapter17: Traveling Waves

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Problem 12PQ: The equation of a harmonic wave propagating along a stretched string is represented by y(x, t) = 4.0...

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