omit Question 1  A sound wave has a frequency of 599 Hz and travels in air at a speed of 346.6 m/sec. How far apart are any two adjacent wave compressions? 1.16 meters0.58 meters9.46 meters1.73 meters omit Question 2  A fisherman notices that wave crests pass the bow of his anchored boat every 3 seconds. He measures the distance between two wave crests to be 7.2 meters. How fast are the waves traveling? 4.80 m/sec10.8 m/sec2.40 m/sec21.6 m/sec omit Question 3  A wave has a speed of 260 m/sec and a wavelength of 7.2 meters. What is this wave's period? 3.61 x 101 seconds2.77 x 10-2 seconds2.67 x 102 seconds2.53 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 0.26 seconds. What is the wave's frequency? 1.04 x 100 Hz1.92 x 100 Hz3.85 x 100 Hz9.62 x 10-1 Hz omit Question 5  If the wavelength is 2.995 meters in Question 4, that how fast does the wave energy travel along the string? 5.76 x 100 m/sec3.11 x 100 m/sec1.15 x 101 m/sec2.88 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 6.29 x 1014 Hz. What is the approximate wavelength of the light? 1.59 x 10-15 meters2.1 x 106 meters2.39 x 10-7 meters4.77 x 10-7 meters

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