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An illustration shows a wave with a horizontal distance between two consecutive troughs as 2 cm, and a maximum vertical distance above the horizontal line as 0.5 cm.

What does the value 0.5 cm represent for the wave?

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Responses

frequency
frequency

wavelength
wavelength

amplitude
amplitude

equilibrium

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The value 0.5 cm represents the amplitude of the wave. Amplitude is the maximum vertical distance from the equilibrium position to the peak (or trough) of the wave.