Learning Objectives

• Determine the wavelength, frequency, wave number, amplitude, and wave speed for a wave.
• Identify the components of the wave equation and use it to describe the displacement of an element of the medium through which a mechanical wave travels.
• Determine the wavelength and amplitude of a transverse wave from a plot of the wave as a function of position.
• Determine the period and amplitude of a transverse wave from a plot of the wave as a function of time.