Homework Help: DrBob222

Posted by Jon on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 2:49am.

You are creating a transverse wave in a rope by shaking your hand from side to side. Without changing the distance that your hand moves, you begin to shake it slower and slower. What happens to the amplitude?

it decreases

DrBob222 - drwls, Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 4:54pm
Wrong. The amplitude is determined by the distance your hand moves up and down.

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