Final answer:
To find the speed of the car, multiply the tire's oscillation frequency (39 Hz) by the distance between grooves (0.25 m), which gives 9.75 m/s. Converting to speed per hour yields 35.1 km/h.
Step-by-step explanation:
To calculate the speed of the car, we need to use the relationship between frequency (f), the distance between grooves or wavelength (L), and speed (v). The speed of a wave is given by the product of its frequency and wavelength (v = f × L). Given the tire's oscillation frequency of 39 Hz (f = 39 Hz) and the distance between grooves of 0.25 m (L = 0.25 m), we can calculate the speed of the car.
v = f × L = 39 Hz × 0.25 m = 9.75 m/s. To convert this to speed per hour, we multiply by the number of seconds in an hour (3600 s/h).
Speed in m/h = 9.75 m/s × 3600 s/h = 35,100 m/h.
Since 1 m/h is approximately equal to 0.001 km/h, the speed in km/h would be:
Speed in km/h = 35,100 m/h × 0.001 km/m = 35.1 km/h.