A model of a standing wave

. Animated GIF Standing Wave Notice three waves:
  • a faint grey wave moving to the left
  • a yellow wave moving to the right
  • a magenta wave that is the superposition of the two waves.
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    1. How many nodes do you see? 6
    2. How many antinodes? 5
    3. What is the frequency of the grey and yellow waves? about 0.1 Hz
    4. What is the period of the magenta wave? about 10 s


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