What is the frequency of a wave with a wavelength of 16 m traveling at 300 m/sec?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-03T05:26:40

The frequency of this wave is #18.75# hertz.

Frequency is given by the equation,

#f=v/lambda#

#v# is the velocity of the wave in meters per second

#lambda# is the wavelength of the wave in meters

And so,

#f=(300color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m""/s")/(16color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")#

#=18.75 \ "s"^-1#

Now, we can convert to hertz #("Hz")#, where #1 \ "Hz"=1 \ "s"^-1#, and so the frequency is #18.75 \ "Hz"#.