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16.4 Exercise 2

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Consider a string with under tension with a constant linear mass density. A sinusoidal wave is produced by some external driving force. If the frequency, keeping the wave amplitude as it was originally, how is the time-averaged power of the wave affected? If the amplitude of the wave is decreased by half, keeping the wave frequency as it was originally, how is the time-averaged power affected? Explain your answer.

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