CP PHYSICS
WAVE CALCULATIONS II
Solve the following problems on your own sheet of paper or on the back. Use GUESS. Circle your final answer—it
should have the correct unit.
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A wave has a frequency of 0.45 Hz. What is the wave’s period?
What is the frequency of a wave that has a period of 0.058 s?
A wave generator produces 25.0 pulses in 2.75 s.
a. What is the wave’s period? b. What is the wave’s frequency?
An ocean wave has a length of 8.4 m. A wave passes a fixed location every 3.1 s. What is the speed of
the wave?
Water waves in a lake travel 6.2 m in 3.8 s. The source of the waves has a period of oscillation of 1.8 s.
a. What is the speed of the water waves?
b. What is their wavelength?
What is the speed of a periodic wave disturbance that has a frequency of 3.9 Hz and a wavelength of
0.42 m?
A pulse is generated every 0.35 s in a large ripple tank. What is the wavelength of the wave if it travels at
a speed of 2.15 m/s?
What is the wavelength of a water wave that has a frequency of 15 Hz and a speed of 7.3 m/s?
The speed of a transverse wave in a string is 12.0 m/s. If a source produces a disturbance that has a
wavelength of 0.85 m, what is the frequency of the wave?
A pendulum has a length of 0.30 m.
a. What is its period on Earth?
b. What would its period be if it were on Mars whose acceleration due to gravity is 3.77 m/s2?
CP PHYSICS
WAVE CALCULATIONS II
Solve the following problems on your own sheet of paper or on the back. Use GUESS. Circle your final answer—it
should have the correct unit.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A wave has a frequency of 0.45 Hz. What is the wave’s period?
What is the frequency of a wave that has a period of 0.058 s?
A wave generator produces 25.0 pulses in 2.75 s.
a. What is the wave’s period? b. What is the wave’s frequency?
An ocean wave has a length of 8.4 m. A wave passes a fixed location every 3.1 s. What is the speed of
the wave?
Water waves in a lake travel 6.2 m in 3.8 s. The source of the waves has a period of oscillation of 1.8 s.
a. What is the speed of the water waves?
b. What is their wavelength?
What is the speed of a periodic wave disturbance that has a frequency of 3.9 Hz and a wavelength of
0.42 m?
A pulse is generated every 0.35 s in a large ripple tank. What is the wavelength of the wave if it travels at
a speed of 2.15 m/s?
What is the wavelength of a water wave that has a frequency of 15 Hz and a speed of 7.3 m/s?
The speed of a transverse wave in a string is 12.0 m/s. If a source produces a disturbance that has a
wavelength of 0.85 m, what is the frequency of the wave?
A pendulum has a length of 0.30 m.
a. What is its period on Earth?
b. What would its period be if it were on Mars whose acceleration due to gravity is 3.77 m/s 2?