A student draws one complete oscillation of a water wave on grid paper.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Waves · Waves

Problem

A student draws one complete oscillation of a water wave on grid paper. (i) State how the student should measure the wavelength from the sketch. (ii) State how the student should measure the amplitude from the sketch.

Related theory

Wave Description
Wave Properties
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Waves
Amplitude and phase

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