College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)

3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780321879721

Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 15, Problem 66GP

Write the y-equation for a wave traveling in the positive x-direction with frequency 200 Hz, speed 400 m/s, and amplitude 0.010 mm.

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College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)

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