The figure shows the displacement y of a traveling wave at a given position as a function of time and the displacement of the same wave at a given time as a function of position. What is the wavelength of the wave? (4 points)
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The period is the time it takes for one complete cycle of the wave. From the graph, we can see that one complete cycle takes 0.8 seconds. Therefore, the period of the wave is 0.8 seconds. Show more…
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