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Apr4-05, 01:12 PM   #1
 

sinusoidal wave propagation


probably easy question

a sinusoidal wave is propagating along a string in the +x direction. 10 waves pass by a point every 10 microseconds. the wave exhibits the following characteristics:

a) at t=0 and x=0 , the wave propagation speed is 30 m/s, and the Oscillation speed is 2.5 mm/s in the Y direction.

b) at t=0 and x=0 the wave has a transverse displacement of 1.5mm

using y(x,t) = A sin (kx-wt - phi)

determine:
amplitude of oscillation (couldnt do)
phase shift (dont know if there is one)
wavelength
and the complete equation for the wave

any help would be great, its really easy, I am just drawing a blank for some reason. (spring break)
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Apr4-05, 03:39 PM   #2
 
never mind got it, didnt find phase shift tho, I looked at the problem a little more in depth
Apr4-05, 06:04 PM   #3
 
yeah too bad that this is actually a college question for physics with thermodynamics.
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