omit Question 1  A sound wave has a frequency of 304 Hz and travels in air at a speed of 343.6 m/sec. How far apart are any two adjacent wave compressions? 0.88 meters1.13 meters2.26 meters6.48 meters omit Question 2  A fisherman notices that wave crests pass the bow of his anchored boat every 4 seconds. He measures the distance between two wave crests to be 8.5 meters. How fast are the waves traveling? 34.0 m/sec4.25 m/sec17.0 m/sec2.13 m/sec omit Question 3  A wave has a speed of 210 m/sec and a wavelength of 8.5 meters. What is this wave's period? 4.05 x 10-2 seconds2.19 x 102 seconds2.47 x 101 seconds2.02 x 102 seconds omit Question 4  A sinusoidal wave travels along a string. The time for a particular point to move from maximum displacement to zero is 0.21 seconds. What is the wave's frequency? 1.19 x 100 Hz8.4 x 10-1 Hz4.76 x 100 Hz2.38 x 100 Hz omit Question 5  If the wavelength is 1.52 meters in Question 4, that how fast does the wave energy travel along the string? 1.81 x 100 m/sec3.62 x 100 m/sec1.28 x 100 m/sec7.24 x 100 m/sec omit Question 6  Light has a speed in a vacuum of 3 x 108 m/s. The frequency of visible light is about 5.49 x 1014 Hz. What is the approximate wavelength of the light? 1.83 x 106 meters1.82 x 10-15 meters5.46 x 10-7 meters2.73 x 10-7 meters

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