Which of the following expressions correspond to traveling waves? For each of those, what is the speed

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Which of the following expressions correspond to traveling waves? For each of those, what is the speed of the wave? The quantities α, b, and c are positive constants.

(a) ψ(z, t) = (αz - bt)2

(b) ψ(x, t) = (αx + bt + c)2

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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