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How Many Wavelengths Between a Node and an Antinode in a Standing Wave?

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Start date Oct 18, 2011
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mtreichl

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Oct 18, 2011

#1

Homework Statement

If you go any node in a standing wave to the next adjoining antinode, how many wavelengths have you gone?

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Liquidxlax

Oct 20, 2011

#2

draw a sine and or cosine function of radians vs amplitude. There is no way to describe this without giving the answer

which would be 1/2

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