The wave speed on a string is 775 m/s periodic waves are generated on that string by an oscillator with a period of 1.55 x 10^-4 seconds.  A) What is the wavelength of these periodic waves on the string?   B) At what frequency should the oscillator vibrate so that the wavelength is 28.0 cm?

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The wave speed on a string is 775 m/s periodic waves are generated on that string by an oscillator with a period of 1.55 x 10^-4 seconds. 

A) What is the wavelength of these periodic waves on the string?

 

B) At what frequency should the oscillator vibrate so that the wavelength is 28.0 cm? 

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