Waves Calculations

The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 300,000,000 m/s. If a wave has a frequency of 500 Hz, what is its wavelength in meters?

• 600,000 meters

• 600,000,000 meters

• 600 meters

• 600,000,000,000 meters

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A sound wave travels through air at a speed of 343 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.7 meters. What is the frequency of this sound wave in Hz?

• 490 Hz

• 245 Hz

• 343 Hz

• 4900 Hz

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If a radio wave has a frequency of 100,000,000 Hz, and it travels at the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s), what is its wavelength in meters?

• 3 meters

• 30 meters

• 0.3 meters

• 300 meters

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A wave with a wavelength of 4 meters travels at a speed of 240 m/s. Calculate its frequency in Hz.

• 60 Hz

• 600 Hz

• 6 Hz

• 24 Hz

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A seismic wave has a frequency of 10 Hz and a wavelength of 50 meters. What is the speed of this seismic wave in meters per second (m/s)?

• 500 m/s

• 50 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 100 m/s

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A microwave oven emits radiation with a frequency of 2,450,000 Hz. What is the wavelength of this microwave radiation in meters?

• 122.45 meters

• 0.12245 meters

• 12.245 meters

• 1.2245 meters

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A wave has a wavelength of 500 meters, and travels at 250 m/s. Calculate the frequency in Hz.

• 0.5 Hz

• 2 Hz

• 5 Hz

• 50 Hz

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If a wave has a speed of 340 m/s and a frequency of 1000 Hz, what is its wavelength in meters?

• 0.34 meters

• 3.4 meters

• 34 meters

• 340 meters

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An ocean wave has a wavelength of 25 meters and a speed of 10 m/s. Determine its frequency in Hz.

• 0.4 Hz

• 4 Hz

• 40 Hz

• 0.04 Hz

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Given a wave with a wavelength of 0.5 meters and a speed of 200 m/s, what is its frequency in Hz?

• 400 Hz

• 40 Hz

• 4 Hz

• 0.4 Hz

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