Question: Consider a wave given by the equation y = ( 1 . 7 5 cm ) cos [ ( 8 0 . 0 rad /

Consider a wave given by the equation y =(1.75 cm)cos[(80.0 rad/m)x -(250 rad/s)t +1.50
rad] where x and t are measured in meters and seconds respectively.
a) What is the wavelength of the wave in meters?
b) What is the magnitude of this wave's velocity in m/s?
c) What is the direction of this wave's velocity?
d) What is the maximum transverse speed of a particle in this wave in m/s?
e) What is the maximum transverse acceleration of a particle in this wave, in m/s2?
f) What is the transverse speed of a particle located at x =1.20 cm at time t =5.00 s? Give
your answer in m/s.

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