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Hello, I am wondering how I can determine the direction in which a wave is travelling...

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Hello, I am wondering how I can determine the direction in whicha wave is travelling given a function I must verify if it first isa solution to the wave equation by finding the partial derivativesthen I do not know how to extrapolate the direction and speed of awave. Thanks

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We will discuss the case of 1D waves like waves travellingalong a string The function given to you will be a function ofposition x and time t The function will be like y fxtTo verify if itis actually a wave equation or notFirst    See Answer
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