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16.6 Exercise 16

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Two sinusoidal waves with identical wavelengths and amplitudes travel in opposite directions along a string producing a standing wave. The linear mass density of the string is μ=0.075kg/m\mu = 0.075 \text{kg}/\text{m} and the tension in the string is FT=5.00N.F_{T} = 5.00 \text{N} . The time interval between instances of total destructive interference is Δt=0.13s.\Delta t = 0.13 \text{s} . What is the wavelength of the waves?

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