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What is the frequency of a wave if the velocity is 449.4 m/s and the wavelength is 8.4 meters?

User Glennreyes
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We will have the following:

First, we remember:


\lambda=(v)/(f)

Then we will have:


\left(8.4m\right?)=(\left(449.4m/s\right))/(f)\Rightarrow f=(\left(449.4m/s\right))/(\left(8.4m\right))
\Rightarrow f=53.5Hz

So, the frequency of the wave is 53.5 Hz.

User John Kattenhorn
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