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A source of frequency of 60 Hz is used to make waves in a rope that is 3.0m long. It takes 0.10s for the waves to travel from one fixed end of the rope to the other. How many loops are in the standing wave in the rope?
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I don't understand what DN stands for or why it equals λ/2. Does it always equal λ/2 or is that just specific to this question. Is there another way to solve this problem? Thanks.
d=3.0m
t=0.10s
v=?
v=d/t
=3.0m/0.10s
=30m/s
v=30m/s
f=60 Hz
λ=?
λ=v/f
=30m/s/60 Hz
=0.5m
DN= λ/2
=0.5m/2
=0.25m
# of loops= d/DN
= 3.0m/0.25m
= 12 loops
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