Marco is conducting an experiment. He knows the wave that he is working with has a wavelength of 32.4 cm. If he measures the frequency as 3 hertz, which statement about the wave is accurate?

a. The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 3 seconds.

b. The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 9 seconds.

c. The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 3 seconds.

d. The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 1 second.

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Dustin Hess

6 February, 03:10

Marco is conducting an experiment. He knows the wave that he is working with has a wavelength of 32.4 cm. If he measures the frequency as 3 hertz, which statement about the wave is accurate?

a. The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 3 seconds.

b. The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 9 seconds.

c. The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 3 seconds.

d. The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 1 second.

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Bullwinkle · Answer 1

Recall that to compute for the wave's speed, v, we have v = λf where λ is the wavelength of wave and f is wave's frequency. Plugging our information into this equation, we have v = (32.4 cm) (3 Hz) = 97.2 cm/s Thus, the statement that best describes this is D.