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sound travel through water at a speed of 1500 m/s. if the frequency of a sound is 1000 Hz, what is the wavelength?

User Melc
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Answer: 1.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Well first you do

1500/ 1000= 1.5 which mean

The wavelength is 1.5

User Pablo Fonseca
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Answer:

λ = 1.5 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data:

Speed of wave = 1500 m/s

Frequency of sound = 1000 Hz

Wavelength of sound = ?

Solution:

Speed of wave = frequency × wavelength

by putting values,

1500 m/s = 1000 Hz × λ

λ = 1500 m/s / 1000 s⁻¹ (Hz = s⁻¹ )

λ = 1.5 m

User Zhenguo Yang
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