A Standing Wave Is Shown in the Figure on the Right

question 101

Multiple Choice

A standing wave is shown in the figure on the right. If the period of the wave is T, the shortest time it takes for the wave to go from the solid curve to the dashed curve is

• A) T/4
• B) T/3
• C) T/2
• D) 3T/4
• E) None of these is correct.

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