A stretched string has a mass per unit length of 5.00 g/cm and a tension of 10.0 N.  A sinusoidal wave on this string has an amplitude of 0.12 mm and a frequency of 100 Hz and is traveling in the negative direction of an x axis.  If the wave equation is of the form y(x,t) = Asin(kx +- ωt), what are...  The wave number k = 2π/λ.  Find λ based upon v=(T/μ).5 and v=fλ.. a) A  b) k (wave number) c) ω

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A stretched string has a mass per unit length of 5.00 g/cm and a tension of 10.0 N.  A sinusoidal wave on this string has an amplitude of 0.12 mm and a frequency of 100 Hz and is traveling in the negative direction of an x axis.  If the wave equation is of the form y(x,t) = Asin(kx +- ωt), what are...  The wave number k = 2π/λ.  Find λ based upon v=(T/μ).5 and v=fλ..

a) A 

b) k (wave number)

c) ω

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