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w(t, x) = f(bx + ct) for a transverse wave, where b and c are constants...

w(t, x) = f(bx + ct) for a transverse wave, where b and c are constants and f( ) is some arbitrary function. Is this a traveling wave model? If so, in what direction does it travel?

+x

-x

The wave does not move

In the y or z direction because the wave is transverse

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