Physics Laboratory Manual
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Author: David Loyd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 38, Problem 7PLA
A sawtooth wave with a period of 100 ms is applied to an oscilloscope with a screen 10 cm wide. What time is represented by 1 cm on the screen?
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