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What is the distance from the rest position in a wave to the crest or trough?
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∙ 14y ago
Let us look at a cosine wave, described by y = A cos (b).
When b = 0 degrees, y = A (<-- peak)
When b = 90 degrees, y = 0 (<-- rest position of the wave)
When b = 180 degrees, y = -A (<-- trough)
When b = 270 degrees, y=0 (<-- rest position again)
and so on.
If we force A to be a function of time, then the wave becomes a standing wave (see the related link). The peak and trough will reverse their relative position for every half of a period. Regardless, the trough at any time and the rest position is still 90 degrees, or one quarter of a wavelength.
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∙ 10y agoCrest to crest is wavelength. So crest to trough is half wavelength
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∙ 6y agoThis is the amplitude of the wave in question.
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∙ 12y agowave hieght:)
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∙ 12y agothe amplitude
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∙ 14y agoHa! Well it depends how big it is...
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∙ 15y agoamplitude
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∙ 14y agoAmplitude
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∙ 13y agoAmplitude
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What is the correct way to measure wavelength?
From crest to crest, trough to trough or rest position to rest position
Is wavelength the distance between two crests or troughs of waves?
No, the distance from one wave crest to the next is notcalled a trough. That distance is called a wavelength. A trough is the lowest point of a wave.
The distance between the crest of a wave to the rest position of the medium?
The distance between the highest crest and the rest position is the amplitude of the wave
Explain what the amplitude of a water wave is?
the maxium distance the particals of the medium carrying a wave move away from their mean position
What is the distance from the rest position to the wave's crest?
the answer is amplitude. for a+ users.
What is the correct way to measure wavelength?
From crest to crest, trough to trough or rest position to rest position
Is wavelength the distance between two crests or troughs of waves?
No, the distance from one wave crest to the next is notcalled a trough. That distance is called a wavelength. A trough is the lowest point of a wave.
What is the rest position in a wave?
The position where a wave would be if there was no movement.
What is the amplitude a transverse wave?
the amplitude is from rest position to all the way to the crest or trough
What is the amplitude of a transverse wave?
the amplitude is from rest position to all the way to the crest or trough
The distance between the crest of a wave to the rest position of the medium?
The distance between the highest crest and the rest position is the amplitude of the wave
Explain what the amplitude of a water wave is?
the maxium distance the particals of the medium carrying a wave move away from their mean position
The lowest point below the rest position of a wave?
The lowest point below the rest position of a wave is called the trough. The highest point above the rest position is called the crest.
What is the distance from the rest position to the wave's crest?
the answer is amplitude. for a+ users.
What is the distance from the rest position to the waves crest?
the answer is amplitude. for a+ users.
What is the trough of a wavelength?
Measuring a wave from crest to trough in the verticaldirection will give the amplitude of the wave. It's called the peak to peak value (as it is is a measure of the distance from the positive peak to the negative peak -- the crest and trough). Measuring the wave in the horizontal direction from a crest to a trough will result in half a wavelength.Picture a water wave frozen on the surface of a pond. The distance (verticaly) from the bottom of a trough to the top of a crest is the amplitude of that wave. A measure of the distance (horizontally) from the bottom of a trough to the top of a crest is half the wavelength of the wave. (Note that athe use of "bottom of a trough" and "top of a crest" might seem redundant or even nonsensical, but is applied here in the hopes of clarity.)
Which is the lowest part of a transverse wave below the rest position?
the lowest is a trough and the highest is a crest.
