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High school physics

Course: High school physics > Unit 9

Lesson 2: Wave characteristics
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High school physics
Waves
Wave characteristics
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Calculating wave speed, frequency, and wavelength

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Problem

A periodic wave with wavelength lambda, equals, 0, point, 5, start text, m, end text has speed v, equals, 2, start fraction, start text, m, end text, divided by, start text, s, end text, end fraction.
What is the wave’s frequency?
Round answer to one significant digit.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, H, z, end text
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