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A traveling wave in a stretched string is described by the equation;

y = A sin (kx- ωt). The maximum particle velocity is :


A

A ω

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ωk

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dωdk

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xω

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Solution

The correct option is A

A ω


This is an equation of a traveling wave in which particles of the medium are in SHM and maximum particle velocity in SHM is Aω, where A is the amplitude and ω the angular velocity.


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