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    Wave speed and distance on a guitar string

    Homework Statement The wave speed in a guitar string of length 62.9 cm is 278 m/s. you pluck the center of the string by pulling it up and letting go. Pulses move in both directions and are reflected off the ends of the string. If you plucked the string 25.1 cm from the left end of the string...
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    Solving a Mechanical Energy Problem Involving a Swing

    Homework Statement A 42 kg child on a 2.3 m long swing is released from rest when the swing supports make an angle of 32 degrees with the vertical. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared. If the speed of the child at the lowest point is 2.34094 m/s, what is the...
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