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A travelling wave in a string has speed 5 cm/s in -ve x direction its amplitude is 10 mm and wavelength 1 m. At a particular time a point P has displacement `5 sqrt3` mm. Find the velocity vector of point P ?

A

`pi/20 hatj m//s`

B

`-pi/20 hati cm//s`

C

`-pi/20 hatj cm//s`

D

`+(2pi)/35 hati cm//s`

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