Understanding Longitudinal and Transverse Waves, Wavelength, and Period using Graphs

Four #MechanicalWaves #Graphs are introduced and used to understand and demonstrate #TransverseWaves, #LongitudinalWaves, #Wavelength, and #Period. Want Lecture Notes? https://www.flippingphysics.com/wave-... This is an AP Physics 1 Topic.

0:00 Intro
0:06 The four mechanical wave graphs
0:43 Understanding position as a function of time
2:39 y-position as a function of x-position
4:05 Period and wavelength on these graphs
6:52 Density as a function of time
8:53 Density as a function of position

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