Wave Equations

A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?

• 34 m/s

• 3400 Hz

• 3400 m/s

• 34 Hz

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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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The frequency of a wave is 3.3 Hz. If the wavelength is 7.4 m, how fast is the wave moving?

• 2.24 m/s

• 24.4 m/s

• 0.45 m/s

• 0.24 m/s

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A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?

• 500 m/s

• 50 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 0.5 m/s

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What is the frequency of this wave? You must count the number of complete waves.

• 1 Hz

• 5 Hz

• 10 Hz

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When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.

• The wavelength increases.

• The wavelength decreases.

• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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In the wave above, which is the wavelength?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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For waves moving at a constant speed, if wavelength is doubled, then frequency is

• doubled.

• halved.

• unchanged.

• quadrupled.

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The maximum displacement in the positive direction, or highest point, on a transverse wave is:

• the crest

• the trough

• the top

• the coast 

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