Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 16 - Waves-I - Problems - Page 475: 54c

Answer

$\omega=523.60\;rad/s$

Work Step by Step

The equation for one of the two waves be of the form: $y(x, t)=y_m\sin(kx+\omega t)$ The other wave has the same amplitude and wavelength and travel through each other. From the given graph, time period of each wave is $T=2\times6\;ms=12\;ms=12\times10^{-3}\;s$ Therefore, the frequency of each wave is given by or, $f=\frac{1}{T}$ Therefore, the angular frequency of each wave is given by or, $\omega=2\pi f$ or, $\omega=\frac{2\pi}{T}$ or, $\omega=\frac{2\pi}{12\times10^{-3}}\;rad/s$ or, $\boxed{\omega=523.60\;rad/s}$
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