A-LevelPhysicsSuperpositionMay/June 2016Paper 1 Q251 Mark
A stationary wave is set up on a stretched string. The diagram shows the string at two instants of time when it has maximum displacement. [Figure 25.1] The oscillations of point P on the string have amplitude A. What is the distance moved by P from the position shown in the diagram after half a time period of the wave?
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