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Practice calculating wave speed, frequency, and wavelength with v = fλ.
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Use the wave diagram to measure the wavelength. A vibrator makes this rope wave at 12 Hz. What is the wave speed?

The diagram shows a water wave made by a dipper vibrating at 4.0 Hz. Measure the wavelength, then find the wave speed.

A spring wave is shown in the diagram. If the source vibrates at 5.0 Hz, what speed does the measured wavelength give?

In the diagram, a wave travels at 18 m/s. Measure the wavelength from crest to crest. What is the frequency?

The diagram shows a wave traveling at 2.5 m/s. Measure its wavelength and calculate its frequency.

A long spring has the wave shown, driven at 0.80 Hz. What wave speed follows from the measured wavelength?

A wave in the diagram moves at 9.6 m/s. Measure the wavelength and find the frequency of the source.

The wave shown is produced at 20 Hz. After measuring the wavelength, what is the wave speed?

The diagram shows a wave moving at 10 m/s. Measure the wavelength, then calculate the frequency.

A rope wave in the diagram is made at 15 Hz. Measure its wavelength and find the wave speed.

A loudspeaker produces sound at 512 Hz. In the room, the wavelength is 0.670 m. What is the speed of the sound wave?
In a ripple tank, water waves have frequency 2.5 Hz and wavelength 0.40 m. What is their wave speed?
A rope is shaken to make waves with frequency 6.0 Hz and wavelength 0.75 m. What is the speed of the waves on the rope?
A radio broadcast has frequency Hz and wavelength 3.16 m. What wave speed do these values give?
A wave on a spring has frequency 3.0 Hz and wavelength 1.20 m. What is its wave speed?
An ultrasound wave has frequency Hz and wavelength m. What is its speed?
A dipper makes water waves at 12 Hz with wavelength 0.15 m. What is the wave speed in the tank?
A seismic wave has frequency 4.0 Hz and wavelength 850 m. What is its wave speed?
A microwave signal has frequency Hz and wavelength 0.122 m. What speed does v = fλ give?
A slinky wave has frequency 1.6 Hz and wavelength 0.50 m. What is the wave speed?
Waves travel along a rope at 8.0 m/s, and successive crests are 0.50 m apart. What is the frequency?
A sound wave travels at 330 m/s with wavelength 1.1 m. What is its frequency?
A wave in a small tank travels at 2.4 m/s. Its wavelength is 0.30 m. What is its frequency?
An electromagnetic wave travels at m/s and has frequency Hz. What is its wavelength?
A sound wave moves at 340 m/s and has frequency 680 Hz. What is its wavelength?
Waves on a cord travel at 5.0 m/s with frequency 2.0 Hz. What is the wavelength?
A sound wave in a liquid travels at 1500 m/s. If its wavelength is 0.015 m, what is its frequency?
A slow wave travels along a spring at 0.90 m/s. The oscillator runs at 0.30 Hz. What is the wavelength?
A wave pulse train travels at 12 m/s, and adjacent crests are 2.0 m apart. What is the frequency?
Visible light has speed m/s and frequency Hz. What is its wavelength?
Waves on a string travel at 8.0 m/s with frequency 16 Hz and wavelength 0.50 m. The same string is driven at twice the frequency, and speed stays 8.0 m/s. What is the new wavelength?
A sound wave initially has speed 340 m/s, frequency 170 Hz, and wavelength 2.0 m. In the same air, the frequency is tripled. What is the new wavelength?
Water waves start with frequency 2.0 Hz, wavelength 0.30 m, and speed 0.60 m/s. The wavelength is doubled while frequency stays 2.0 Hz. What is the new speed?
A rope wave begins with speed 6.0 m/s, frequency 4.0 Hz, and wavelength 1.5 m. The speed stays 6.0 m/s, but the wavelength becomes one-third as large. What is the new frequency?
A wave has speed 12 m/s, frequency 6.0 Hz, and wavelength 2.0 m. In the same medium, the frequency is halved. What is the new wavelength?
A ripple tank wave starts with speed 0.80 m/s, frequency 4.0 Hz, and wavelength 0.20 m. A new depth makes the wavelength 0.10 m while the motor stays at 4.0 Hz. What is the new speed?
A student measures frequency in hertz and wavelength in meters. Which relationship gives the wave speed?
A lab group knows a wave speed v and a wavelength λ. Which equation should they use to calculate frequency?
A student knows a wave speed v and a frequency f. Which arrangement finds the wavelength λ?
Which setup correctly calculates the frequency of a wave moving at 20 m/s with wavelength 4.0 m?
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