\(\def \u#1{\,\mathrm{#1}}\) \(\def \abs#1{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\def \ast{*}\) \(\def \deg{^{\circ}}\) \(\def \redcancel#1{{\color{red}\cancel{#1}}}\) \(\def \BLUE#1{{\color{blue} #1}}\) \(\def \RED#1{{\color{red} #1}}\) \(\def \PURPLE#1{{\color{purple} #1}}\) \(\def \th#1,#2{#1,\!#2}\) \(\def \lshift#1#2{\underset{\Leftarrow\atop{#2}}#1}}\) \(\def \rshift#1#2{\underset{\Rightarrow\atop{#2}}#1}}\) \(\def \dotspot{{\color{lightgray}{\circ}}}\)
Chapter 10: Waves
5.

Finding Wavespeed

If you are given a history graph and a snapshot graph (or otherwise given the wavelength and period or frequency), you can use $v={\lambda\over T}$ or $v=\lambda f$ to find the wavespeed.

Alternatively, if you know that a crest travels a distance $d$ in a time $t$, then $v={d\over t}$ as usual.