Question

Hakeem says that the speed of a sound wave depends MOSTLY on the amplitude of the wave but grant disagrees and says it has to do with the wavelength who is correct and why

Answer 1

Grant because the shorter the wavelength, the faster the wave and the longer the wavelength the slower the wave.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Grant is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

The speed of a sound wave does not depend on the amplitude of the wave. In fact, the speed of a sound wave is mainly related to the medium itself: for example, the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, regardless of the amplitude of the wave itself.

However, the speed of a sound wave is somehow related to its wavelength, according to the relationship:

`v=f \lambda`

where

v is the speed of the wave

f is its frequency

`\lambda` is the wavelength

Note, however, that this equation does not imply that the speed of the wave depends on the wavelength, because the speed of the sound wave depends solely on the nature of the medium: this equation implies, instead, that the wavelength is related to the speed of the wave.