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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can you have half a frequency as in 445.5 Hz?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea why not?? if three waves are crossing past a point in 2 seconds what happens to the frequency? frequency is no. of waves crossing a point per second.. so frequency would be 3waves/2 seconds = 1.5 waves/second= 1.5Hz

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

Yes, of course. Why would the universe know anything about the length of a second?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea thats one more way to think of it.. 1 second was our definition of time.. ;-)..

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

Doppler effect might be another illustration of continuously variable frequencies

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea thats just deviating from the topic :P

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it would mean 891 complete cycles in 2 seconds

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay that makes sense. Thank you all so much!

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