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Why is energy transfer of a wave proportional to the amplitude squared?

April 26, 2017Amplitude energy proportional squared transfer wave

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Why is energy transfer of a wave proportional to the amplitude squared?

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This was covered last class, so see also FAQ 2: I didn’t derive it generally, but here is the derivation for a wave on a string. It turns out that you will get a similar relation for pretty much any wave.