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ISBN: 9780134296074

Author: GIANCOLI

Publisher: VST

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Chapter 15.2, Problem 1CE

A wave starts at the left end of a long cord (see Fig. 15–1) when someone shakes the cord back and forth at the rate of 2.0 Hz. The wave is observed to move to the right at 4.0 m/s. If the frequency is increased from 2.0 to 3.0 Hz, the new speed of the wave is (a) 1.0 m/s, (b) 2.0m/s, (c) 4.0 m/s, (d) 8.0 m/s, (e) 16.0 m/s.

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