Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Homework

Hi - some homework for you.

1.  Be able to define these terms:  amplitude, crest, trough, wavelength, frequency, wave speed.

2.  The equation for speed of a wave is:

speed = frequency times wavelength

Write this symbolically.

3.  Solve.  What is the wavelength of a 440 Hz sound wave (speed is 340 m/s)?

Play around with this applet:

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/wave-on-a-string/wave-on-a-string_en.html


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