Calculating Period and Distance of a Wave: Can You Spot Any Mistakes?

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The discussion revolves around calculating the period and distance of a wave based on given parameters, including wave speed, amplitude, and distance between consecutive troughs. The subject area is wave mechanics.

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  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

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  • The original poster attempts to apply the universal wave formula to determine the frequency and period of the wave, while also calculating the distance traveled by a float over a specified time. Some participants clarify the definition of the period and confirm the calculations presented.

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The discussion is active, with participants confirming the understanding of terms and calculations. There is a general agreement on the interpretation of the period and the distance calculation, although no explicit consensus on the correctness of the original poster's method has been reached.

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Participants are discussing the definitions and calculations related to wave properties, with some clarification on terminology such as "period of vibration." There may be assumptions about the application of formulas that are not fully explored.

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hey, i just need someone to see if i did this right, and if not to show me what i did wrong.

The question is:
a wave is traveling at 3m/s and has an amplitude of 2cm. If the distance between 2 consecutive toughs is 60cm, find the period of vibration and the total distance a little float would move as it bobs up and down as the wave passes by for 5 seconds.

What i did is using the universal wave formula I got
0.6f=3, so f is 5Hz. So then T would e the reciprocal which i got to be 0.2m/s. Then for distance would you not just multiply 5 by 3 to get the distamce traveled to get a total distance of 15m?
 
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What's T...?T should be the period and is [itex]0.2 s[/itex]...

As for the second part,yes,it would be 15m.

Daniel.
 
yes, sorry i got that, so when it says peroid of vibration, it is just talking about T, the period?
 
alrite, kewl, thanks a lot dextercioby!
 

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