Answer to Question #167417 in Physics for Babydel Paison

Question

A travelling wave is presented by the function

Answer 1

A travelling wave is presented by the function

$$y(x,t) = A\sin (kx - \omega t + \phi_0)$$

where

$A$ - is the amlitude

$k$ - is the wave number

$\omega$ - is the angular frequency

$\phi_0$ - is the initial phase

$x, t$ - are x-coordinate and time respectively.