I'm reading my textbook and it says the distance between two successive nodes is equal to $1/2 \lambda$$\frac{1}{2} \lambda$ in standing wave.
If $\lambda$ here means the wavelength of the standing wave shouldn't it be:
when there are two nodes: $L=\lambda$
when there are three nodes: $L=1/2\lambda + 1/2\lambda$$L=\frac{1}{2} \lambda + \frac{1}{2} \lambda$
when there are three nodes: $L=1/3\lambda + 1/3\lambda + 1/3\lambda$$L=\frac{1}{3}\lambda + \frac{1}{3}\lambda + \frac{1}{3}\lambda$
Does $\lambda$ here mean anything?