Wave Calculations

Two boats are anchored in the harbor, separated by a horizontal distance of 18 m. The vertical distance between a boat's highest and lowest position is 4.8 m. 

What is the amplitude of the wave?

• 4.8 m

• 9.6 m

• 18 m

• 2.4 m

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The unit of frequency is ___.

• meters

• nanometers (nm)

• m/s

• Hertz

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what type of wave is it?

• Squishy Wave

• Transverse Wave

• longitudinal wave

• longitudinal/compression/pressure waves

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A person floating in a tube experiences the wake from a passing boat. If the person goes up then down then back up to where they started 1.2 seconds what is the period of the water wave?

• 1.2 s

• 1.2 Hz

• 0.83 s

• 0.83 Hz

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A person floating in a tube experiences the wake from a passing boat. If the person goes up then down then back up to where they started 1.2 seconds what is the frequency of the water wave?

• 1.2 s

• 1.2 Hz

• 0.83 s

• 0.83 Hz

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An FM radio station broadcasts electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of 103.4 MHz (megahertz; MHz = 10^6 Hz). Calculate the wavelength of this radiation.

The speed of light is 2.998 × 10^8 m/s

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What is the wavelength of a wave having a frequency of 1.25 x 10¹² Hz?

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The yellow light given off by a sodium vapor lamp used for public lighting has a wavelength of 589 nm. What is the frequency of this radiation?

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A laser used in eye surgery to fuse detached retinas produces radiation with a wavelength of 640.0 nm. Calculate the frequency of this radiation

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What is the energy of a 2.55 x 10¹² Hz wave?

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