Activities

Keep pressing the "Get a new wave" button until you have a wave you are happy with. Then, play the simulation until you have a nice position versus time graph. Then, pause the simulation so that you have a photograph of the string as well as your position vs. time graph to work with. For each parameter below, figure out which of the two representations you need to determine the value of the parameter, and then find the value. You can check your answers as many times as you want.

1. The amplitude.
2. The wavelength.
3. The period.
4. The angular frequency.
5. The wave speed.
6. The maximum transverse speed of a single point on the string.