You shake a slinky continuously in an up and down fashion such that a transverse waves propagate horizontally down its length. If you count 5 peaks over a horizontal distance of 4.96m, what is the wavelength (in meters)?

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You shake a slinky continuously in an up and down fashion such that a transverse waves propagate horizontally down its length.  If you count 5 peaks over a horizontal distance of 4.96m, what is the wavelength (in meters)?

 

 

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