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Describe why
PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Waves · Waves
Problem
Describe why, on a snapshot graph of displacement
y
y
y
versus position
x
x
x
, the horizontal distance between two successive crests is identified as the wavelength of the wave.
Related theory
Wave Description
Wave Properties
Waves
Wavelength and angular wave number
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