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The document contains 35 practice problems for calculating wave properties using the equations that relate wave speed, frequency, wavelength, and period. Students are asked to calculate various combinations of these wave properties, such as calculating speed given frequency and wavelength, calculating frequency given speed and wavelength, and calculating wavelength or period given the other properties. The document provides a review of using basic wave equations to determine wave characteristics from given values.

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The document contains 35 practice problems for calculating wave properties using the equations that relate wave speed, frequency, wavelength, and period. Students are asked to calculate various combinations of these wave properties, such as calculating speed given frequency and wavelength, calculating frequency given speed and wavelength, and calculating wavelength or period given the other properties. The document provides a review of using basic wave equations to determine wave characteristics from given values.

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1 Understanding Waves
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Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m.


Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 200 Hz and a wavelength of 50 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 6 Hz and a wavelength of 2000 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 5000 Hz and a wavelength of 20 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 0.5 Hz and a wavelength of 0.2 m

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Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 5 kHz and a wavelength of 4 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 5 Hz and a wavelength of 50 cm
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 2 M Hz and a wavelength of 4 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 4 M Hz and a wavelength of 8 cm
Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 3 G Hz and a wavelength of 4 mm

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Calculate the frequency of a sound wave of speed 330 m/s and wavelength 110 m.
Calculate the frequency of a water wave of speed 12 m/s and wavelength 6 m.
Calculate the frequency of a radio wave of speed 300 000 000 m/s and wavelength 1500 m.
Calculate the frequency of a sound wave of speed 1500 m/s and wavelength 6 km.
Calculate the frequency of a light wave of speed 300 000 000 m/s and wavelength 0.0005 mm.

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Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave of speed 330 m/s and frequency 55 Hz.
Calculate the wavelength of a water wave of speed 5 m/s and frequency 15 Hz.
Calculate the wavelength of a radio wave of speed 300 000 000 m/s and frequency 1 000 000 Hz.
Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave of speed 5000 m/s and frequency 2 kHz.
Calculate the wavelength of a light wave of speed 300 000 000 m/s and frequency 400 000 GHz.

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Calculate the speed of a wave that has period 0.2 seconds and wavelength 10 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has period 5 seconds and wavelength 200 m
Calculate the speed of a wave that has period 0.025 seconds and wavelength 4 km
Calculate the speed of a sound wave that has period 0.01 seconds and wavelength 3 m.
Calculate the speed of a radio wave that has period 0.002 milliseconds and wavelength 10 km.

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Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 50 m/s and wavelength 10 m.
Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 400 m/s and wavelength 5 m.
Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 5 m/s and wavelength 20 m.
Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 2000 m/s and wavelength 4 km.
Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 300 000 000 m/s and wavelength 200 m.

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Calculate the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 60 Hz and a wavelength of 9 m.


Calculate the frequency of a sound wave of speed 330 m/s and wavelength 0.66 m.
Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave of speed 1500 m/s and frequency 250 Hz.
Calculate the speed of a wave that has period 0.04 seconds and wavelength 20 m
Calculate the period of a wave that has speed 600 m/s and wavelength 25 m

Equations to use:
wave speed = frequency x wavelength
frequency = wave speed / wavelength

wavelength = wave speed / frequency


frequency = 1 / period

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