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Grade 11Wave Motion

Why is the equation of a wave moving in the positive x-axis of the form f(x-vt) and not f(x+vt)?

Profile image of Manith Shetty
14 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

for f(x-vt), x-vt is constant, d(x-vt)/dt=0,dx/dt=v,which is positive. For f(x+vt), it will be negative.