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What are the frequency and period of a wave if 6 peaks pass in 2 seconds?
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The frequency is 6 per 2 seconds = 3 Hz.
The period is the reciprocal of the frequency = 1/3 second.
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What is the frequency of a wave when one wave passes in 8 seconds?
Frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz), which is the number of wavelengths that pass in one second. Since one wavelength is passing every eight seconds, the frequency is 1/8 Hz.
If 18 waves pass the observer in 30 seconds the frequency isA?
18/30 = 0.6 Hz.
What is the frequency of a wave five waves pass in two seconds?
5 wavs in 2 seconds = 2.5 waves per second = 2.5 Hz
How do you find the frequency of a wave using a stopwatch?
Frequency is the amount of cycles within a given amount of time. It is usually described in units of 1/s, where s is seconds. If the wave is traveling, count the amount of peaks that pass by a certain reference point within a measured amount of time. Take the amount of peaks that have passed, and divide that quantity by the amount of time that has passed. If the wave is not traveling (ie, a spring motion), count the amount of cycles within a measured amount of time. Then, as before, divide this quantity by the amount of time that has passed.
What is the frequency of these waves As you sit on a dock you notice a wave crest pass. You count another four wave crests in the next 12 seconds?
20 waves per minute. (or 1 every 3 seconds)
How is the frequency of a wave different from its speed?
Frequency of a wave indicates how many wave peaks pass a certain point per a give time period where as the speed of a wave indicates how fast a given peak travels through water.
Suppose you are watching water waves pass under the endof a pierhow can you figure frequency?
Time the space between wave peaks. Its' reciprocal is frequency.
What would be the frequency for when 10 crests pass in 5 seconds?
2 hertz
What is the frequency and time period and wave length of waves if 10 waves pass every 20 seconds?
To get the frequency, divide the number of waves (10) by the time it takes for those waves to pass (20). The answer is in hertz.The period is the reciprocal of the frequency. There is not enough information to determine the wavelength.
The time it takes one wavelength to pass a given point?
The Period
What is the frequency of a wave when one wave passes in 8 seconds?
Frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz), which is the number of wavelengths that pass in one second. Since one wavelength is passing every eight seconds, the frequency is 1/8 Hz.
If 18 waves pass the observer in 30 seconds the frequency isA?
18/30 = 0.6 Hz.
What is the frequency of a wave five waves pass in two seconds?
5 wavs in 2 seconds = 2.5 waves per second = 2.5 Hz
What is the period of a wave traviling 5 ms it its wavelength is 20 m?
If a wave is traveling at 5 meters per second (assuming that is what the question meant) and its wavelength is 20 meters, consider standing beside the wave and watching it pass. As the wave is 20 meters long and it is moving at 5 meters per second, it will take 4 seconds for the full cycle of the wave to pass an observer. That means its frequency is one cycle per 4 seconds. And - surprise! - that's the period of the wave. The period of the wave is 4 seconds.
What term refers to the number of waves passing a specific point in a given amount of time?
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a fixed amount of time is known as the "frequency".=====is called the Frequency of the waves (located on page 10 of the Penn Foster - Sound Study Guide)=====The number of waves that pass a given point per second is measured in units of Hertz (Hz). Hertz is a unit for cycles per second.The number of cycles that a wave completes in 'S' seconds is 'S' times its 'frequency'.
What is it called wghen a certain number of waves pass a given point per a certain number of seconds?
"frequency"
How are both frequency and wavelength related in terms of physics?
Frequency is how many waves pass a certain point during an amount of time. Wavelength is the distance between two points. Frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional in Physics. If the distance between the peaks of a wave decreases, the frequency of the wave increases. If the distance is increased, the frequency decreases.
