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A Student Studies the Motion of a Transverse Wave Moving xx

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A student studies the motion of a transverse wave moving along a stretched string in the negative xx direction. At time t=1.0 st = 1.0 \mathrm {~s} the student takes a photograph of the wave, and she is able to establish that the amplitude of the wave is 10.0 cm10.0 \mathrm {~cm} , the wavelength is 3.0 m3.0 \mathrm {~m} , and the piece of string at position x=3.0 mx = 3.0 \mathrm {~m} is displaced from its equilibrium position by 10.0 cm- 10.0 \mathrm {~cm} . When studying the time behavior of this piece of the string at position x=3.0 mx = 3.0 \mathrm {~m} , she finds that it oscillates up and down with a frequency of 0.25 Hz0.25 \mathrm {~Hz} . Based on these observations, the precise equation describing the wave is


A) y(x,t) =10cos[2π(x/3t/4+1/4) ]y ( x , t ) = 10 \cos [ 2 \pi ( x / 3 - t / 4 + 1 / 4 ) ] cm.
B) y(x,t) =10cos[2π(x/3+t/4+1/4) ]y ( x , t ) = 10 \cos [ 2 \pi ( x / 3 + t / 4 + 1 / 4 ) ] cm.
C) y(x,t) =10cos[2π(x/3t/41/4) ]y ( x , t ) = 10 \cos [ 2 \pi ( x / 3 - t / 4 - 1 / 4 ) ] cm.
D) y(x,t) =10cos(2πx/3+t/4+1/4) y ( x , t ) = 10 \cos ( 2 \pi x / 3 + t / 4 + 1 / 4 ) cm.
E) y(x,t) =10cos2π(x/3) t/4+1/4y ( x , t ) = 10 \cos 2 \pi ( x / 3 ) - t / 4 + 1 / 4 cm.

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