Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Progressive waves

Progressive waves — practice question

A wave is produced on a string. A student draws a graph showing how displacement $d$ changes with time $t$ for a point on the string. The student labels two points, $X$ and $Y$, on the graph. Which wave property is shown by the horizontal-axis distance between $X$ and $Y$?

  • Aamplitude
  • Bfrequency
  • Cperiod
  • Dwavelength

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