Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14.7, Problem 14.7GI
A string 1 m long is clamped tightly at one end and is free to slide up and down at the other. Which of the following are possible wavelengths for standing waves on this string:
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