How do you calculate the frequency of a wave when given the period?

Answer 1

Frequency speaks to the rate at which cycles of a wave occur. It is measured in cycles per unit of time for a wave function or event. Wavelength is the length of one cycle of the wave as it passes through the medium it is traveling in. It's measured in meters, inches, or whatever you like. The periodof the wave is the length of time it takes for one cycle of the wave to occur. Seconds is a good way to measure that. You are now an expert in the basic physics of harmonic motion, or waves. If you have the length of the wave as it is passing through a medium, you have its wavelength. If you have the time it takes for one cycle of that wave, you have the period. Period of a wave is the amount of time it takes for one cycle. Recall that frequency was the number of cycles per unit of time. They are opposites. Period is the inverse of frequency, and vice versa. Frequency is 1/period, and period is 1/frequency. If you have the period, that is the seconds per cycle, invert that and then reduce it to get one unit of time and you'll have frequency. Would an example help? Let's do one. If you have a length of a wave so you know you have one complete cycle, you have a cycle. If you know how long it took for that one complete wave to happen, you have the period of the wave. If we have a wave that makes a complete cycle in a ten thousandth of a second, that is one cycle in 1/10,000th of a second, if we invert that, we will have the frequency. 1/10,000 seconds per 1 cycle inverted = 1 cycle per 1/10,000th of a second We have 1 over 1/10,000th cycles per second. Let's do just the simple math: 1 divided by 1/10,000th = 10,000 We have 10,000 cycles per second, or 10 kilocycles per second or 10 kHz (where Hz = Hertz = cycles per second).

Answer 2

Divide ' 1 ' by the period. The quotient is the frequency.

Answer 3

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