Arrive at the wave function of a standing wave that results starting from a wave traveling to the left along the x-axis and its reflection traveling to it's right. Use a trigonometric relation to do so.
Arrive at the wave function of a standing wave that results starting from a wave traveling to the left along the x-axis and its reflection traveling to it's right. Use a trigonometric relation to do so.
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Problem 92P: Consider two sinusoidal sine waves traveling along a string, modeled as y1(x,t)=0.3msin(4m1x3s1t)...
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Arrive at the wave function of a standing wave that results starting from a wave traveling to the left along the x-axis and its reflection traveling to it's right. Use a trigonometric relation to do so.
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The equation of a simple harmonic wave travelling to the left along x axis (negative axis) is given by,
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The reflection of y1 travelling to the right (positive x axis) is
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