A wave can travel through a medium for a distance of 650 m in 44.0 seconds. If the source
vibration has a period of 920 milliseconds, then what is the wavelength?
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Expert's answer
2020-06-16T09:30:02-0400
The speed of wave, by definition is:
v=650m/44s=14.78m/s
Also, the frequency of the wave is equal to the frequency of the source and is given by the reciprocal period:
f=1/920ms=1.1Hz
Finally, the wavelength of the traveling wave can be found as:
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