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Posted by Leslie on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 6:43pm.

One end of a string 5.34 m long is moved up and down with simple harmonic motion at a frequency of 15 Hz . The waves reach the other end of the string in 0.5 s .
Find the wavelength of the waves on the
string. Answer in units of cm

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7:42pm
frequency*wavelength=speed

In this case, speed is 5.34/.5 m/s
solve for wavelength.

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