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The distance between two consecutive crests in a wave train produced in string is 5 m. If two complete waves pass through any point per second, the velocity of wave is :-

A

10 cm/s

B

2.5 cm/s

C

5 cm/s

D

15 cm/s

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A
`lamda = 5 cm, n =2`
`v = n lamda = 2 xx 5 = 10 cm//s`
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