Centripetal acceleration is directed along a radius so it may also be called the radial acceleration. If the speed is not constant, then there is also a tangential acceleration (at). The tangential acceleration is, indeed, tangent to the path of the particle's motion.
The electric field produced by a large flat plate with uniform charge density on its surface can be found by using Gauss law, and it is equal to

where

is the charge density

is the vacuum permittivity
We see that the intensity of the electric field does not depend on the distance from the plate. Therefore, the strenght of the electric field at 4 cm from the plate is equal to the strength of the electric field at 2 cm from the plate:
Take into account that in a standing wave, the frequency f of the points executing simple harmonic motion, is simply a multiple of the fundamental harmonic fo, that is:
f = n·fo
where n is an integer and fo is the first harmonic or fundamental.
fo is given by the length L of a string, in the following way:
fo = v/λ = v/(L/2) = 2v/L
becasue in the fundamental harmonic, the length of th string coincides with one hal of the wavelength of the wave.