Wave Speed and Frequency Word Problems

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

 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

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the speed of a 20 Hz with a 4m wavelength?

• 0.2 m/s
• 5 m/s
• 80 m/s
• 320 m/s

What is the frequency of a wave traveling at 300 m/s with a 4 m wavelength?

• 0.013 Hz
• 75 Hz
• 300 Hz
• 1200 Hz

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which has the longest wavelength?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The speed of a wave is 74m/s. If the wavelength is 12m, what is the frequency?

• 6.2 Hz

• 16.2 Hz

• 888 Hz

• 0.16 Hz

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The period of a pendulum is 10 s. What is its frequency?

• 10 Hz

• 1 Hz

• 0.5 Hz

• 0.1 Hz

A boy notices that 45 complete waves travel past him in ninety seconds.  What is the frequency of these water waves?

• 100 m
• 1 Hz
• 0.5 Hz
• 1m/s

A pendulum makes 33 complete back and forth cycles of vibration in 11 seconds.  It's frequency is:

• 3.0 s
• 3.0 Hz
• 0.33 s
• 0.33 Hz