When a 440 Hz sound is sent through steel, a wavelength of 11.6 meters is measured. What is the velocity of the sound through steel
Formula is velocity=frequency X wavelength so Wavelength = 5m
Wavelength is found via WL = v/f. WL = 1430/286 = 5m
The formula for speed is velocity= wavelength x frequencyIf the speed of sound in water is 1430m/s you would replace that as the velocity.1430= wavelength x frequencyFrequency is 286 Hz, therefore you would replace that for the frequency in the equation.1430= wavelength x 286Now you would divide 1430 by 236, in order to get the wavelength alone.1430/286= wavelength.So the wavelength is 5 m
There is no set length on any sound wave. Sound waves vary hugely in thelength that they can be.The length of any sound wave is (the speed of sound in the current medium)/(the frequency of the sound) In air at sea level, the wavelengths in the audible range of frequencies rangefrom 1.72 centimeters (at 20 KHz) to 17.2 meters (at 20 Hz) ... a ratio of 1,000.
the frequency of a sound wave is higher if its wavelength is shorter
That would also depend on the speed. Note that sound can go at quite different speeds, depending on the medium and the temperature. Use the formula speed (of sound) = frequency x wavelength. Solving for wavelength: wavelength = speed / frequency. If the speed is in meters / second, and the frequency in Hertz, then the wavelength will be in meters.
5 meters
Convert the wavelength to meters. Then simply multiply the frequency by the wavelength. The answer will be in meters/second.
the answer and not the equation is 171.5 hz
For a frequency f in air with the speed of sound of c = 343 meters per second the wavelength lambda = c / f. A frequency of 543.3 Hz meters equals a wavelength of 0.6313 meters. There is a useful calculator for converting wavelength to frequency and vice versa. Scroll down to related links and look at "Acoustic waves or sound waves in air".
speed = wavelength * frequency wavelength = 102 meters frequency = 250 Hz = 250 cycles/second 102 * 250 = 25500 meters/second
300
The speed is (frequency) x (wavelength) = 318.75 meters per second.
Depends on what the speed of the wave is. The wavelength is equal to the speed of the wave divided by its frequency. For light in a vaccum, for instance, the speed is c, or about 3.00 x 10e8 meters/second. If the frequency was in Hertz (cycles/second), then the wavelength would be 448,000 meters. So, this probably is a light frequency. If it were the sound at sea level, the speed is 340 meters/second, so the resulting wavelength would be 0.507 meters. The sound would be nearly an "E".
The speed of sound varies with temperature. At commonly experienced temperatures, it's about 343 meters/sec. Frequency = speed/wavelength = 343/0.686 = 500 Hz
Wavelength = speed/frequency = 350/640 = 54.7 centimeters (rounded)
500 hertz