Finding Two Wave's Common Amplitude

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Homework Statement

Two sinusoidal waves, identical except for phase, travel in the same direction along a string producing a net wave y'(x, t) = (1.0 mm) sin(18x - 4.0t + 0.960 rad), with x in meters and t in seconds.

(a) What is the wavelength λ of the two waves?
(b) What is the phase difference between them?
(c) What is their amplitude y_m?

I got A and B correct with answers of 0.35 and 1.92

Homework Equations

y'_m = 2y_m cos(\frac{\Phi}{2})

The Attempt at a Solution

I set y'_m = 1 mm and \frac{\Phi}{2} = 0.96

Then

\frac{1}{2cos(.96)} = y_m

0.5 = y_m (Rounding)

Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

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I found my answer. I took the given equation and set it equal to the sum equation.

I then set x and t to zero and solved for y_m

That led to

\frac{sin(\frac{\Phi}{2})}{sin(\Phi)}

In this case


\frac{sin(.96)}{sin(1.92)} = y_m = .872