How to find the speed and direction of propagation from the wave equation?

[kreb]

Homework Statement

how to find the speed and direction of propagation from the wave equation?

Homework Equations

y(x,t)=Aexp{B(x-ct)^2}

The Attempt at a Solution

 

[Stevedye56]

Is this

y(x,t)=$$A^{B(x-ct)^2}$$ ?

 

[kreb]

sorry, but there is an exponential (e) after the "A"