A standing wave is set up on a string so that it has 5 nodes. If you start at the central node and move exactly one wavelength in either direction, you will wind up at
A. neither a node nor an antinode but still on the string.
B. an antinode.
C. a node.
D. somewhere off the string.
Answer: D
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