Time for transverse wave on s string traveling a distance
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The speed of a transverse wave on a string is 450 m/s, and the wavelength is 0.18 m. The amplitude of the wave is 2.0 mm. How much time is required for a particle of the string to move through a total distance of 1.0 km?
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The solution shows step-by-step explanations of finding the time for a transverse wave particle traveling a distance of 1.0 km.
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First we need to find the frequency of the wave.
f= v/lamda = (450m/s)/0.18m = 2500 Hz
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