Waves to Equations

What is the frequency of a wave equal to?

• 1/Wavelength
• 1/Period
• 1/Velocity
• 1/Amplitude 

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If a wave has a wavelength of 50 m and a frequency of 25 Hz, what is its velocity?

• 2 m/s
• 150 m/s
• 250 m/s
• 1250 m/s

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If a wave is traveling at 260 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.8 m/s, what is its frequency?

• 208 Hz
• 325 Hz
• 430 Hz
• 160 Hz

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A wave covers a distance of 68 m during one of its cycles and has a frequency of 700 Hz.  What is its speed?

• 10.3 m/s
• 47600 m/s
• 3600 m/s
• 830.5 m/s

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Solve this problems using the equation: 
c = λν Calculate the wavelength of light that has a frequency of 5.2 x 10¹²/s. The speed of of light is 3.00 x 10⁸ m/s.

• 5.8 x 10 ^-5 m
• 5.8 x 10 ^-7 m
• 5.19 x 10 ¹⁴ m
• 1.56 x 10 ²³ m

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A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?

• 34 m/s
• 3400 Hz
• 3.4 Hz 
• 34 Hz

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1.  A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?

• 25 m
• 125 m
• 5 m
• 25 m/s

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Frequency is measured in 

• Pounds
• Hertz
• Joules
• Newtons 

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In the wave equation (λ) represents what?

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• wave speed

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What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?

• frequency
• wavelength
• midpoint
• crest and trough

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