The velocity of sound on a particular day outside is 331 meters/second. What is the frequency of a tone if it has a wavelength of 0.6 meters?

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anonymous · Answer

To determine the frequency of sound on a day of a given temperature, we need to use the following equation$$v = \lambda f$$ where lambda is the wavelength of the wave and f is the frequency of the sound wave.  Rearranging this equation algebraically for frequency yields$$f = \frac{ v }{ \lambda }$$
To solve for the frequency we divide the velocity of sound by the wavelength or:$$f = \frac{ 331 m/s }{ 0.6 m }=551.7 s ^{-1} = 552 Hz$$
As you can see, 1/s is defined as a Hz (Hertz).

anonymous · Answer

Thank you :)