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Displacement of Moving Sinusoidal Wave (f)

`y = A*cos(2pi* f *( x / v - t ))`
`(A)"Amplitude"`
`(f)"Frequency"`
`(x)"Location"`
`(v)"Velocity"`
`(t)"Time"`
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Physics

The Displacement of Moving Sinusoidal Wave with f equation calculates the displacement of a sinusoidal wave with a velocity, v, and frequency, f.

Reference

Young, Hugh and Freeman, Roger.  University Physics With Modern Physics.  Addison-Wesley, 2008. 12th Edition, (ISBN-13: 978-0321500625 ISBN-10: 0321500628 ) Pg 493, eq 15.3