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Transcribed Image Text:The vertical displacement y(x,t) of a horizontal string aligned along the x-axis is given by the equation
y (x,t) = 6.0mm
cos((3.25m-¹)x-(7.22Hz)t)
What is the
(a) wavelength of this wave?
(b) period of this wave?
S
m
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