Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 16 - Waves and Sound - Problems - Page 449: 4

Answer

$c=194m/s$ $f=2.5\times 10^{-4} Hz$ $T=4\times 10^3s$

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required speed, frequency and the time period as follows: First of all, we determine the speed $c=\frac{x}{t}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $c=\frac{3700\times 10^3m}{5.3\times 3600s}$ This simplifies to: $c=194m/s$ Now the frequency is given as $f=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $f=\frac{194m/s}{750\times 10^3m}$ This simplifies to: $f=2.5\times 10^{-4} Hz$ and the time period can be calculated as $T=\frac{1}{f}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T=\frac{1}{2.5\times 10^{-4}}$ $\implies T=4\times 10^3s$
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