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The distance between two consecutive crests is 2.5 meters. Which characteristic of the wave does this distance represent?

amplitude
frequency
period
wavelength
phase

User Sreenivas
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Frequency is measured in units of reciprocal time.
Period is measured in units of time.
Phase is a number without units that represents a fraction of a wave.

None of these is measured in meters, so none of them can be the answer.
It must be either amplitude or wavelength.

Amplitude is a quantity that's measured at one or two points in the same wave.
The question is talking about points on consecutive waves.

Wavelength is the only choice left. I know that`s correct.
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