Transverse wave with its wavelength and amplitude labeled

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A transverse wave on a grid of displacement in cm against distance in m, two and a half cycles long, with its wavelength λ marked from crest to crest, its amplitude A from the rest line up to a crest, and a crest and a trough labeled — A transverse wave two and a half cycles long on numbered axes, displacement in centimeters against distance in meters, with gridlines. Its wavelength λ is marked with an arrow from one crest to the next, its amplitude A from the rest line up to the first crest, and a crest and a trough are labeled.

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Amplitude: 3 cm
Wavelength: 4 m

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