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calculate the period of a wave whose frequency is 5 Hz and whose wavelength is 1 cm give your answer in decimal form
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calculate the period of a wave whose frequency is 5 Hz and whose wavelength is 1 cm give your answer in decimal form

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The period is the reciprocal of frequency.

Period = 1 / (frequency) = 1 / 5 per sec = 0.2 second.

The wavelength doesn't matter.
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Period T = 1/f, where f = frequency = 5 Hz

T = 1/5 = 0.20 s

Period = 0.20 seconds.
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