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Amateur radio operators in the United States can transmit on several bands. One of those bands consists of radio waves with a wavelength near . Calculate the frequency of these radio waves.

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Amateur radio operators in the United States can transmit on several bands. One of those bands consists of radio waves with a wavelength near 20 m . Calculate the frequency of these radio waves.

Answer: frequency of the radio waves is 15 MHz

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that;

wavelength λ = 20 m

we know that; Speed of light C = 3 × 10⁸ m/s

frequency f = ?

we know that;

frequency f = Speed of light C / wavelength λ

so we substitute

frequency f = (3 × 10⁸m/s) / (20m)

frequency f = 15 × 10⁶ Hz

we also know that 1 Hertz = 0.000001 Megahertz

so

frequency f = 15 × 10⁶ Hz × 0.000001

frequency f = 15 MHz

Therefore frequency of the radio waves is 15 MHz

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