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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

4.1.3. Describing a wave 1 of 6

Question 1

What is the amplitude of a wave?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The greatest displacement of a particle from its rest position. On a displacement graph it is the height of a crest above the axis.

The distance between neighbouring crests is the wavelength; the time for one oscillation is the period; oscillations per second is the frequency.

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