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A progressive wave travelling in the x-direction is represented by the following equation:
?=?sin(??−??)y=Asin(Bt−Cx).
Given that parameters ?A, ?B and ?C are given in SI units calculate the velocity of the wave for ?=50A=50 , ?=B= 2058 and ?=C= 30.
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