An average adult can hear sounds with frequencies between 20 waves per second and 16,000 waves per second. What is the wavelength, in meters, of a sound wave with a frequency of 20 waves per second?

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Answer:

The wavelength, of a sound wave with a frequency of 20 waves per second is 15,000,000 m.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we have to calculate the wavelength of a sound wave of frequency 20 waves per second.

We know that  the speed of light in air/ vacuum is [tex]3\times 10^{8}[/tex].

Now by the formula v = nλ , where v = speed of light in air/vacuum, n = frequency of the wave and λ = wavelength in meters,

we put the values

[tex]3\times 10^{8}[/tex] = 20 × λ

λ = [tex]\frac{3\times 10^{8}}{20}[/tex]

λ = 15,000,000 m

Answer:

17 meters

800 times as long

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