Question

Suppose you watch a leaf bobbing up and down as ripples pass it by in a pond. You notice that it does two full up and down bobs each second. Which statement is true of the ripples on the pond?

They have a frequency of 2 hertz. (hertz = cycles per second)

Answer 1

They have a frequency of 2 hertz

Step-by-step explanation:

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time and Wavelength is the distance from one crest to another, or from one trough to another.

In the question, it is stated that the leaf does two full up and down bobs, this means that it completes 2 full cycles in one second. Therefore, its frequency is 2/s

where, s⁻¹ is hertz

so, They have a frequency of 2 hertz