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Question Set: Waves and Wave Properties
- A wave has a wavelength of 24 m/wave and a period of 4 s/wave. What is its speed?
- A wave has a speed of 3 m/s and a period of 20 s/wave. What is its wavelength?
- The speed of a wave is 4.2 m/s. Its wavelength is 12.6 m. What is its period?
- What is the frequency of a wave with a period of 0.1 s/wave?
- The frequency of a wave is 0.2 wave/s. What is its period?
- A diagram of a moving wave is shown in Fig. 4.4. Use this figure to answer the following questions:
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