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Q.In stationary wave, the distance between a node and its adjacent antinode is ____.

(a) λ\lambda
(b) λ/4\lambda/4
(c) λ/2\lambda/2
(d) 2λ2\lambda
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Adjacent nodes (or adjacent antinodes) are λ/2\lambda/2 apart; a node and its neighbouring antinode are half of that, λ/4\lambda/4 apart.

A stationary wave is described by y=2acos⁡(kx)sin⁡(ωt)y = 2a\cos(kx)\sin(\omega t), where k=2π/λk = 2\pi/\lambda. Nodes occur where cos⁡(kx)=0\cos(kx)=0, i.e. at x=λ/4,3λ/4,5λ/4,…x = \lambda/4, 3\lambda/4, 5\lambda/4,\dots, and antinodes occur where ∣cos⁡(kx)∣=1|\cos(kx)|=1, i.e. at x=0,λ/2,λ,…x=0,\lambda/2,\lambda,\dots. The separation between any node an …

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