
The equation of a wave travelling in a string can be written as . Its wavelength is


Important Questions on Wave Motion
A plane progressive wave is represented by the equation where y is displacement in in second and is distance from a fixed origin in metre. The frequency, wavelength and speed of the wave respectively are

The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x-direction is given by metres, where x is expressed in metres and $t$ in seconds. The speed of the wave-motion, in , is

The equation of the progressive wave is The ratio of maximum particle velocity to wave velocity is

The equation of the progressive wave is where x and Y are in metre and time in second. Which of the following is correct?


The equations of displacement of two waves are given as ,
Then what is the ratio of their amplitudes?

The equation of wave is where is in microns, in seconds and in metres. The ratio of maximum particle velocity to the wave velocity of wave propagation is

A wave in a string has an amplitude of . The wave travels in the positive direction of -axis with a speed of and it is noted that complete waves fit in length of the string. The equation describing the wave is
