Learning Goal:

To understand the relationships between the parameters that characterize a wave.

It is of fundamental importance in many areas of physics to be able to deal with waves. This problem will lead you to understand the relationship of variables related to wave propagation: frequency, wavelength, velocity of propagation, and related variables. Note that these are kinematic variables that relate to the wave's propagation and do not depend on its amplitude.

Part A

Traveling waves propagate with a fixed speed usually denoted as $v($but sometimes $c)$: The waves are called waveform repeats Every time interval $T.$

ANSWER:

transverse

longitudinal

periodic

sinusoidal

Periodic waves are characterized by a frequency that is designated by $f$ or $.$ The quantities $k$ and $$ are related to the length of the waves.

The fundamental relationship among frequency, wavelength, and velocity is

$v=f.$

This relationship may be visualized as follows: In $1s,f*(1s)$ cycles of the wave move past an observer. In this same second the wavetrain moves a distance $v*(1s).$