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Okay, it is very simple. The formula is: the velocity is equal to the product of the frequency and wavelength.
v= fλ
the lambda is the wavelength. Using basic arithmetic, you can rearrange the equation to :
λ= v/f
There you go. That's how to find the wavelength
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoWavelength of any wave, transverse or longitudinal is dependent on both the speed of the wave and the frequency of the wave, and can be related to these parameters by the following equation:
velocity of wave= frequency x wavelength
therefore, wavelength= velocity/ frequency.
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∙ 11y agoby measuring between adjacent rarefactions
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∙ 13y agowavelengths in longitudinal waves are measured by the distance between contractions or rarefactions, therefore, your could use time as a measurement or distance.
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∙ 12y agoFrom the peaks of intensity, just like transverse waves. The peak is where the lines are closest together.
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What measure the distance from one trough to the next trough of a wave?
Wave length..
What is the measure from one compression to the next compression of a longitudinal wave?
Speed.
What dose wavelenght measure?
Distance from one crest to the next crest of a wave.
How do you measure wavelength on a transverse wave?
1 wavelength in a transverse wave is equal too the distance between crest and crest or trough and trough
What is compression and a rarefaction in a longitudinal wave?
When you have the complete compression and rarefaction of a longitudinal wave, that is one complete wave.
What measure the distance from one trough to the next trough of a wave?
Wave length..
Do wavelength measure from the top of one wave to the top of another wave?
Yes. To be precise, the wavelength is the length of one precise cycle, and one way to measure that is from top to top.
What is the measure from one compression to the next compression of a longitudinal wave?
Speed.
What is the distance from crest to midpoint of a transverse wave?
If I understand the question correctly, that's one-quarter of a full cycle, so it is 1/4 of the wavelength. The wavelength varies from wave to wave - and this has nothing to do whether the wave is transverse or longitudinal.
What dose wavelenght measure?
Distance from one crest to the next crest of a wave.
How do you produce a longitudinal wave on a spring that has large energy?
there are two answers, one involves wavelength and the other frequency
How do you measure wavelength on a transverse wave?
1 wavelength in a transverse wave is equal too the distance between crest and crest or trough and trough
How do you find wavelength of a wave?
The speed of a wave equals the frequency times the wavelength (speed = frequency x wavelength). Therefore, the wavelength would equal the speed divided by the frequency. Also, the speed of a wave in a vacuum is the speed of light, c, which is a constant.
What is compression and a rarefaction in a longitudinal wave?
When you have the complete compression and rarefaction of a longitudinal wave, that is one complete wave.
How do you get a wavelengh?
Wavelength is the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave so you just measure it I guess.
What is a lengthwave?
That might be "wavelength", written wrong. That refers to the distance between one maximum and the next on a wave - the distance of a full period. Lengthwave might also be an incorrect term for a longitudinal wave.
What is the distance from any one point on one wave to a corresponing point on an adjacent wave?
A wavelength. In a given wave, if we measure the distance from a peak to a peak, or a trough to a trough, or even from the beginning of one "up" or "down" cycle to the beginning of the next "up" or "down" cycle (respectively), we should get the same measurement (the wavelength) for that wave with every measuring event.
