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That depends on the information available. You can try to measure the frequency, with specialized equipment. Or, you might measure the wavelength and the speed instead, and use the basic relationship for waves (speed = wavelength x frequency).
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How would you find a period of a wave if the wave frequency is 500Hz?
Period = 1/frequency = 1/500 = 0.002 second = 2 milliseconds
How do you find the wavelength of a transverse wave?
wave length = wave speed divided by its frequency
What is the equation for frequency of a wave?
velocity = frequency multiply wavelength Rearrange the equation to find the frequency
What happens to the wave length when the frequency of a wave is doubled but the wave speed stays the same?
The wave length would necessarily be one half. The speed would remain the same independent of the frequency.
How do you find the period of a wave without the frequency?
You will have to measure it.
What makes up a frequency in a compressional wave?
Think about it.
Is a compressional wave a sound wave?
Compressional!
What kinda of wave is a compressional wave?
A compressional wave is a primary wave
Is a compressional wave mechanical or compressional?
compressional
What is found in a compressional wave?
A rarefaction is found in a compressional wave
Is a sound wave compressional or transverse?
Compressional
What is a wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave?
The matter transfers the energy, it does not move very far. It circles at approximately the same spot as the wave energy passes.
What is a compressional wave?
Answer 1: A compressional wave is a wave that is close together and transverse waves are waves that are going the way the wave travels. Answer 2: Basically, it's a sound wave. A compressional wave is a wave that travels back and forth, moving with compression. Scince it is a mechanical wave it must use a medium to travel though. A sound wave is a good example of a compressional wave. A compressional wave is a wave that travels back and forth, moving with compression. Scince it is a mechanical wave it must use a medium to travel though. A sound wave is a good example of a compressional wave. ================================================================ its since, stupid.
What wave is made up of a series of compressions and rarefactions?
it is compressional wave. Compressional waves are a type of sound wave.
How would you find a period of a wave if the wave frequency is 500Hz?
Period = 1/frequency = 1/500 = 0.002 second = 2 milliseconds
What does the amplitude of a compressional wave depend on?
Well, I take it you mean a wave in the air, like a sound wave (alternating compressions of air). Volume of a sound wave ( a type of compressional wave) is our perception of its amplitude, the amplitude is a measure in the intensity of the waves, or the amount of variation in air pressure. Our perception of pitch varies with the frequency, or how frequently the alternations in air pressure persist.
Another name for a compressional wave?
Sound wave
