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Wave Calculations Worksheet

This document provides examples of calculating wave properties using the wave equation. It includes 10 practice problems where students are given values for some wave properties and asked to calculate others using the wave equation. The key wave properties calculated are speed, wavelength, frequency, and period. Students are guided to rearrange the wave equation to isolate the variable they are solving for in each problem.

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Wave Calculations Worksheet

This document provides examples of calculating wave properties using the wave equation. It includes 10 practice problems where students are given values for some wave properties and asked to calculate others using the wave equation. The key wave properties calculated are speed, wavelength, frequency, and period. Students are guided to rearrange the wave equation to isolate the variable they are solving for in each problem.

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Physical Science- Wave Calculations


Speed of a wave = wavelength x frequency The speed of a wave depends on the medium that it is
travelling through.
v = λf
v= velocity (speed), measured in m/s f = 1/T
λ= wavelength, measured in m f=frequency, measured in Hz
f= frequency, measured in Hz (Hz = 1/s) T= period, measured in s
1. A wave along a guitar string has a frequency of 540 Hz and a wavelength of 2.5 meters. Calculate the speed of the wave.
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2. The speed of sound in air is about 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of sound waves produced by a guitar string vibrating at
490 Hz?
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3. The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s. What is the frequency of microwaves with a wavelength of 0.01
meter?
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4. The average wavelength in a series of ocean waves is 15.0 meters. A wave crest arrives at the shore on an
average of every 10.0 seconds, so the frequency is 0.100 Hz. What is the average speed of the waves?
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5. An FM radio station broadcasts electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 94.5 MHz (equal to 94,500,000
Hz). These radio waves have a wavelength of 3.17 meters. What is the speed of the waves?
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6. Green light has a wavelength of 0.00000052 meters. The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s. Calculate the
frequency of green light waves with this wavelength.
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7. What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 220 Hz if its speed is 340 m/s?
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8. What is the period of the sound wave above?


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9. Ocean waves are hitting a beach at a rate of 3.5 Hz.


a. What is the period of the waves?
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b. Calculate the speed of the waves if the distance between wave crests is 1.3 meters.
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10. The note A above middle C on a piano emits a sound wave with a wavelength of 0.77 meters.
a. What is the frequency of the wave? Use 340 m/s as the speed of the sound wave.
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b. What is the period of the sound wave?


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