A steel wire of length 2.40m is stretched between two fixed rigid supports. Stationary waves are set up on the wire by driving it at a frequency of 150Hz. The speed of transverse waves on the wire is 180ms−1.
(a) Determine the wavelength of the progressive waves that combine to form the stationary pattern.
(b) Calculate the total number of nodes, including the end points, that appear on the wire.
(c) Find the distance of the first node from the left end of the wire.