Initial displacement of a midpoint of a string?

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Howard Fox
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Homework Statement


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Then we are asked to determine the initial discplament, velocity and acceleration of the midpoint of the string.

Homework Equations


I guess we should use equation x(t)=Asin(wt+phi)

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My attempted solution is to use the above equationa and put t=0. That would give us an initial displacement of 1.60x10^-3 m, and for the velocity and acceleration differentiate the initial equation and again put t=0.
Is that a good solution? Thank you
 

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