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how can we calculate wavelength and frequency of a standing wave of different amplitudes

for ex:

kcos(ax+bt)-0.8kcos(ax-bt)

Profile image of yogesh vegula
14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Rahul Kumar
14 Years ago

In the standard eqn, omega denotes angular frequency.And frequency can be found from angular freq.Freq.=Ang. freq./2pie

In your expression anular freq. of the two waves are the same and thats the reason they are able to form a standing wave.

 

Once you have the frequency, you can easily find wavlength as wavelength=wave velocity/freq.