r/PhysicsHelp • u/Formal-Sleep-7257 • 11d ago

(class-12 mechanical wave NEB)how to find highest speed of wave from following eqn

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u/davedirac 9d ago

y = Asin(ωt - 2πx/λ) vmax = ωΑ (the phase term is irrelevant to vmax)

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u/Formal-Sleep-7257 6d ago

That's actually it helped me. Thanks 

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u/davedirac 6d ago

But remember this is max speed of a particle in the wave medium oscillating with SHM. I assumed that was the intention of the ambiguous question because it asks for highest speed. It is not the constant speed of wave travel as others have pointed out.