Homework Help: Physics

Posted by rory on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 11:44am.

A traveling wave has displacement D(x,t)=(3.00cm)sin(5.36x-6.71t), where x is in meters and t is in seconds. What is the wave speed of this wave?

**snapshot graph at t=1/4 s

Physics - Jennifer, Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 12:50pm
v = omega/k

The wave equation is of the form

D(x,t) = A*sin(k*x-omega*t)
k = 5.36
omega = 6.71

solve for v, the wave speed

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