Wave Calculations Worksheet Basic Calculations

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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Suppose there is a wave with a frequency of 60 Hz and a wavelength of 8 meters. What is its speed in meters per second (m/s)?

• 480 m/s

• 48 m/s

• 4.8 m/s

• 800 m/s

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You are conducting an experiment with a slinky spring. You send a wave down the slinky, and it travels a distance of 6 meters in 3 seconds. What is the speed of the wave in meters per second (m/s)?

• 2 m/s

• 3 m/s

• 6 m/s

• 18 m/s

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Imagine a sound wave with a frequency of 440 Hz and a speed of 330 m/s. What is the wavelength of this sound wave in meters?

• 0.75 meters

• 7.5 meters

• 75 meters

• 0.075 meters

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A wave travels at a speed of 500 m/s and has a frequency of 250 Hz. What is its wavelength in meters?

• 2 meters

• 20 meters

• 0.2 meters

• 200 meters

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A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

• 320.23 m/s

• 1391.3 hz

• 73.6 m/hz

• 73.6 m/s

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A wave travels through water at a speed of 1500 m/s and has a frequency of 300 Hz. What is its wavelength in meters?

• 500 meters

• 5 meters

• 50 meters

• 0.5 meters

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A wave travels at a speed of 400 m/s and has a wavelength of 2 meters. What is its frequency in Hz?

• 2 Hz

• 0.2 Hz

• 20 Hz

• 200 Hz

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