#waves notes

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Visible Light Wavelengths

-- dark red = 750 nm

-- red = 700 nm

-- orange = 650 nm

-- yellow = 600 nm

-- green = 550 nm

-- teal = 500 nm

-- blue = 450 nm

-- violet = 400 nm

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Wave Displacement Formula

y (x, t) = y(sub m) sin (kx - wt)

-- y(sub m) = amplitude of wave displacement

-- k = the wave number

-- x = the distance the point has traveled from the wave’s source

-- w = the angular frequency of the wave

-- t = time elapsed

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