An Introduction to Physical Science
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.2CE
The station in this example is an AM station, which generally uses kHz frequencies. FM stations have MHz frequencies. What is the wavelength of an FM station with an assigned frequency of 90.0 MHz?
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