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A mechanical wave is given by the equation: y(x,t) = 0.5 cos (62.8x – 15.7t) , Find: (1) Amplitude, frequency, wavelength? (2) The velocity of the wave? (3) The maximum velocity of the vibrations? (4) Write down the equation in the opposite direction?
Solution;
The given equation is
The above equation can be re-written as
......................................(1)
The general equation of the harmonic wave travelling in +X is given by,
where
is initial phase. Comparing (1) & (2), we have
(2) The velocity of the wave is
(3)
(4) The equation of the wave travelling in the opposite direction is given by,