Travelling wave and standing wave

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Homework Statement
Travelling wave and standing wave
Relevant Equations
Travelling wave equation
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I wasn't sure about my solution for part c. I said "same distance as for traveling wave ie \lambda/2=0.06m".

Also how do you enter LaTeX on this forum?
 
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Hello @Andrew Tom ,
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Andrew Tom said:
Homework Statement:: Travelling wave and standing wave
Relevant Equations:: Travelling wave equation

same distance as for traveling wave
A traveling wave has no nodes...

But the ##\lambda\over 2## is the correct answer.

At the lower left of the edit screen there is a link to the ##\LaTeX## guide:
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