Consider a wave with a wavelength  = 2.5 cm that traveling at a speed of 15 m/s. (a) How long does it take for the wave to travel a distance of one wavelength? (b) How many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in 1 second? (The number of waves or cycles completed per second is referred to as the wave frequency.) (c) If  = 3.0 cm but the speed remains the same, how many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in 1 second? (d) If  = 1.5 cm and the speed remains the same, how many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in 1 second? (e) What can you conclude regarding the relationship between wavelength and number of cycles traveled in one second, which is also known as frequency ()?

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Consider a wave with a wavelength  = 2.5 cm that traveling at a speed of 15 m/s.
(a) How long does it take for the wave to travel a distance of one wavelength?
(b) How many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in 1 second? (The number of waves or cycles
completed per second is referred to as the wave frequency.)
(c) If  = 3.0 cm but the speed remains the same, how many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in
1 second?
(d) If  = 1.5 cm and the speed remains the same, how many wavelengths (or cycles) are completed in
1 second?
(e) What can you conclude regarding the relationship between wavelength and number of cycles
traveled in one second, which is also known as frequency ()?

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a) To travel a distance of one wavelength it takes 0.00167 seconds

b) The no.of wavelengths that can be completed in 1 second is 599.99 (or) 600 cycles of wavelengths

c) If wavelength = 3.0 cm, the no.of wavelengths completed in 1 second = 500 cycles

d) If wavelength = 1.5 cm, the no.of wavelengths completed in 1 second = 1000 cycles

e) The relationship between wavelength and frequency,          Frequency = Speed in m/sWavelength in m

 

 

 

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