A traveling wave has displacement D(x,t)=(3.00cm)sin(5.36x-6.71t), where x is in meters and t is in seconds. What is the wave speed of this wave?

**snapshot graph at t=1/4 s

1 answer

v = omega/k

The wave equation is of the form

D(x,t) = A*sin(k*x-omega*t)
k = 5.36
omega = 6.71

solve for v, the wave speed