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Wave Displacement (with omega)

y=Acos(ωt)
(A)Amplitude
(ω)Angular Frequency
(t)Time
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The Wave Displacement (with omega) equation calculates the displacement of a wave at a time, t, and with angular frequency, omega.

Reference

Young, Hugh and Freeman, Roger.  University Physics With Modern Physics.  Addison-Wesley, 2008. 12th Edition, (ISBN-13: 978-0321500625 ISBN-10: 0321500628 ) Pg 492, eq 15.2